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Practice question: Rights of the Data Subject

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Practice question

A customer proves that a controller recorded an incorrect birth date in her personal information. Her correction request is neither vexatious nor otherwise unreasonable, and no exemption applies. What does Section 16(d) require?
  1. The controller must correct the error immediately and accordingly
  2. The controller may preserve the error solely because it entered the data first
  3. The customer must purchase the database before correction
  4. Correction is available only after the subject dies
  5. The controller may refuse solely because the error was accidental

Legal references

  • Republic Act No. 10173, Data Privacy Act of 2012: https://privacy.gov.ph/data-privacy-act/; Section 16(d).

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