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NIST Privacy Framework, Communicate-PCM.AW-P5

Data corrections or deletions can be communicated to individuals or organizations (e.g., data sources) in the data processing ecosystem.NIST Privacy Framework, version 1.0, January 2020, CM.AW-P5

We read each law below as bearing on this control. That does not mean the control, done well, meets the law: what each law asks is on its own page. Corpus as of .

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46
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The same ground elsewhere linked through the kinds of duty both controls are mapped from

A law in force is unmarked; the rest wear their state: not yet in force

  • Albania
  • Andorra
  • Angola
  • Argentina
  • Barbados
  • Benin
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Burkina Faso
  • Central African Republic
  • Comoros
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Dominican Republic
  • El Salvador
  • Eswatini
  • Ethiopia
  • France
  • Ghana
  • Grenada
  • Israel
  • Jamaica
  • Kosovo
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Madagascar
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Moldova
  • Monaco
  • Montenegro
  • Morocco
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Peru
  • Rwanda
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • San Marino
  • Senegal
  • Serbia
  • Tanzania
  • Togo
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Uganda
  • Uruguay
  • Zambia

Data subject rights

43 laws, 43 places
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Albania Law No. 124/2024, rights of the data subject

Give a data subject access to their personal data, its purpose, retention period, source, and recipients within 30 days of the request, and correct or erase inaccurate, unlawfully processed, or no longer necessary personal data within 30 days, telling every recipient the data were disclosed to of the change.

Andorra LQPD, rights of the data subject

Correct inaccurate or incomplete personal data on request without undue delay, and pass the correction on to recipients the data were disclosed to.

Angola Law on the Protection of Personal Data, rights of data subjects

Rectify, update or eliminate a data subject's personal data within sixty business days of a request where its processing does not comply with this law, and notify any recipient the data was previously disclosed to of the correction, update or elimination unless that is demonstrably impossible.

Argentina Ley 25.326, rights of data subjects

Rectify, update, or, where appropriate, delete or restrict a data subject's inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated personal data within five business days of the claim or of learning of the error, and notify any recipient the data were disclosed to within five business days, unless erasure would harm a third party's legitimate rights or a legal duty requires retention.

Barbados Data Protection Act, 2019, rights of a data subject

Notify every recipient the personal data was disclosed to of a rectification, erasure or restriction of processing you carry out.

Benin Loi n°2017-20 portant Code du Numérique en République du Bénin, Livre V, droits des personnes concernées

Respond to a data subject's request to access, rectify, or object to the processing of their personal data, and pass on any correction to any third party the data was disclosed to.

Correct, complete, update, block, or erase personal data on a data subject's request where it is inaccurate, incomplete, ambiguous, outdated, irrelevant, or unlawfully processed, and pass the correction or erasure on to anyone the data was disclosed to.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina Law on the Protection of Personal Data of Bosnia and Herzegovina, rights of data subjects

Answer a request for access, rectification, erasure, restriction, or portability under Articles 17 to 22, and notify any recipient the data were disclosed to of a rectification, erasure or restriction you make.

Burkina Faso Personal Data Protection Law, rights of the data subject

Rectify, complete, update, lock or erase personal data at a data subject's written request within two months, notify any third party the data was disclosed to, and carry the burden of proof if you dispute the request.

Central African Republic Loi n° 24.001 portant protection des données à caractère personnel, droits liés au traitement

Correct, complete, update, block, or erase personal data on a substantiated request where it is inaccurate, incomplete, ambiguous, outdated, or unlawfully processed, and notify any third party you disclosed it to of the change without delay.

Comoros Law on the Protection of Personal Data, rights of data subjects

Correct, complete, update, lock or erase personal data on a data subject's request when it is inaccurate, incomplete, ambiguous, outdated, or unlawfully collected, used, disclosed or retained, and notify any third party the data was disclosed to.

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Côte d'Ivoire Law No. 2013-450 on the Protection of Personal Data, rights of the data subject

Erase a person's personal data and end its distribution on request, including data made available while they were a minor, where it is no longer necessary, where consent is withdrawn, where the processing lacks a legal ground, or for another legitimate reason, and tell every third party the data were disclosed to that removal is sought.

Democratic Republic of the Congo Digital Code, Title III, rights of the data subject

Correct inaccurate, incomplete, ambiguous, outdated or unlawfully processed personal data on request and pass the correction on to every recipient within thirty days.

Erase personal data on request within thirty days where it is no longer necessary, was unlawfully processed, or the data subject withdrew consent with no other legal basis remaining, and where you had made the data public, take reasonable technical steps to tell any third party processing it that erasure was requested.

Dominican Republic Ley No. 172-13 sobre Protección Integral de los Datos Personales, rights of data subjects and habeas data

Correct, update, or suppress inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated personal data on a data subject's request, free of charge, within ten business days of the request or of discovering the error, and notify any recipient the data was disclosed to within five business days of the correction.

El Salvador Ley para la Protección de Datos Personales, rights of data subjects

Erase a data subject's personal data without undue delay on request, including the right to be forgotten reaching search engine results and other data holders, subject only to this Law's listed exceptions.

Appoint a delegate to manage ARCO-POL requests and answer them within twenty business days, extendable once by another twenty for justified cause, referring an incompetent request within five business days and notifying anyone who received the corrected or deleted data within five business days of granting a request.

Eswatini Data Protection Act, 2022, rights of data subjects

Correct, destroy, or delete personal information on a data subject's request within fourteen days where it is inaccurate, irrelevant, excessive, out of date, incomplete, misleading, or unlawfully obtained, and tell anyone the changed information was disclosed to within seven working days of the correction where it affects a decision about the data subject.

Ethiopia Personal Data Protection Proclamation, rights of data subjects

Correct inaccurate, incomplete, misleading or out-of-date personal data on request, free of charge and without excessive delay, and pass the correction on to every other data controller or third party the data were disclosed to in the year before the request.

Erase personal data on request, free of charge and without excessive delay, where it is no longer necessary for its purpose, where consent is withdrawn and no other ground applies, where the data subject objects and no overriding legitimate ground exists, or where it was processed unlawfully, and take reasonable steps to tell third parties processing data you made public.

France Loi 78-17 Articles 48 and 51 II, Rights of Minors in France

On request, erase without delay personal data you collected in offering an information society service from a person who was a minor in France when you collected it, and take reasonable steps, technical ones included, to tell any controller you passed it to that the person asked for erasure of any link to, copy or reproduction of it, under Loi n. 78-17 Article 51 II.

Ghana Data Protection Act, rights of data subjects

Correct or delete personal data on a data subject's request where it is inaccurate, irrelevant, excessive, out of date, incomplete, misleading, or unlawfully obtained, and tell every person the data was disclosed to of the correction.

Israel Protection of Privacy Law, data subject rights from a date not yet set

An app holding the personal data of a person in Israel in a database must give that person a way to access their own data, and must act on a request to rectify or delete it, notifying any prior recipient of the correction or deletion.

Jamaica Data Protection Act, 2020, rights of data subjects

Determine within 30 days of a rectification request whether the personal data is inaccurate, correct it where it is, and give notice to the individual and to everyone the data was disclosed to in the preceding twelve months.

Kosovo Law No. 06/L-082 on Protection of Personal Data, rights of the data subject

Pass on any rectification, erasure or restriction to every recipient the data were disclosed to, unless that is impossible or disproportionately difficult, and tell the data subject who those recipients are on request.

Lebanon Law No. 81/2018, Part V, notice, objection, access and correction

Notify every third party the data was sent to of an amendment made at the request of its owner or their heirs, and make the same correction on your own initiative as soon as you learn of a reason to modify or cancel the data.

Lesotho Data Protection Act, 2011, rights of data subjects

Correct, destroy, or delete personal information on a data subject's request within 14 days where it is inaccurate, irrelevant, excessive, out of date, incomplete, misleading, or unlawfully obtained, and tell anyone the changed information was disclosed to within 7 working days of the correction where it affects a decision about the data subject.

Madagascar Law No. 2014-038, rights of data subjects

Rectify, complete, update, block, or erase inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, or unlawfully held data on request, free of charge, and tell any third party the data were disclosed to of the change.

Mali Loi n° 2013-015, rights of data subjects

Rectify, complete, update, block, or delete inaccurate, incomplete, ambiguous, outdated, or unlawfully processed personal data on a person's written request, justify within thirty days that you have done so, and notify any third party the data were transmitted to of the correction.

Mauritania Loi n° 2017-020, droits de la personne concernée

Correct, complete, update, block, or delete a person's data within one month of a written request where it is inaccurate, incomplete, ambiguous, outdated, or unlawfully processed, notifying any third party the data was disclosed to, and honour the same request from their heir after their death.

Moldova Moldova Law No. 195/2024, rights of the data subject

Answer a request for access, rectification, erasure, restriction or portability, and notify every recipient the data was disclosed to of a rectification, erasure or restriction you carry out.

Monaco Loi sur la Protection des Données Personnelles, droits de la personne concernée

Erase personal data without delay on request in the listed cases, such as withdrawn consent with no other legal basis, a successful objection, data no longer necessary for its purpose, unlawfully processed data, or data collected from a minor for an information society service, and tell any third party you disclosed it to that it must be erased too.

Notify every recipient the data were disclosed to of a rectification, erasure, or restriction, unless that is impossible or would take disproportionate effort.

Montenegro Law on Personal Data Protection, rights of the data subject from a date not yet set

Erase personal data whose processing does not comply with the law on the data subject's request, and notify the data subject and any recipient of an alteration, supplementing or erasure within 8 days, under Article 23.

Morocco Law No. 09-08, rights of the data subject

On a data subject's request, update, rectify, erase, or block personal data whose processing does not comply with the law, free of charge, within ten clear days, and notify anyone the data was disclosed to of the correction.

Nicaragua Ley No. 787, Ley de Protección de Datos Personales, rights of data subjects

Rectify, modify, suppress, complement, include, update, or cancel a data subject's personal data on request within five business days, notify any assignee of the correction within five business days, block the disputed data while you verify a claimed error, and do this free of charge; you may refuse only where a judicial decision orders you not to modify the data, and you must then tell the data subject of that decision.

Niger Loi n° 2022-59, droits des personnes concernées

Where you have made a person's data public online, take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to tell any third party processing that data to remove links to it, or any copy or reproduction, on the person's request (the right to digital erasure).

Peru Ley 29733, rights of the data subject

Correct, update, include, or delete a person's personal data on request when it is inaccurate, incomplete, or has outlived the purpose or period for which it was collected, tell anyone you previously transferred it to about the change, and block the data from third-party access while the request is pending.

Rwanda Law relating to the Protection of Personal Data and Privacy, rights of the data subject

Erase a data subject's personal data on request where it is no longer necessary, consent has been withdrawn, they object, or it was unlawfully processed, and tell any third party you disclosed it to, or posted it publicly, that erasure was requested.

San Marino San Marino Law No. 171, rights of the data subject

Answer a request for access, rectification, erasure, restriction or portability, and notify every recipient the data was disclosed to of a rectification, erasure or restriction you carry out.

Senegal Loi n° 2008-12 du 25 janvier 2008 sur la Protection des Données à Caractère Personnel, droits de la personne concernée

Let a person object, free of charge and for legitimate reasons, to processing of their data, and correct, complete, update, block, or delete it within one month of a written request where it is inaccurate, incomplete, ambiguous, outdated, or unlawfully processed, notifying any third party the data was disclosed to.

Serbia Law on Personal Data Protection, rights of the data subject

Tell every recipient the data was disclosed to about a correction, erasure or restriction, unless that is impossible or requires disproportionate effort.

Tanzania Personal Data Protection Act, 2022, rights of data subjects

Rectify, block, erase or destroy inaccurate personal data when the Commission orders it on a data subject's application, and notify the third parties you disclosed it to.

Togo Loi n° 2019-014, droits de la personne concernée

Correct, complete, update, lock or delete personal data on a data subject's written request within one month and at no cost, when it is inaccurate, incomplete, ambiguous, outdated or unlawfully held, and notify any third party the data was disclosed to.

Where you have made a data subject's personal data public, take reasonable measures, including technical ones, to tell third parties processing that data to erase links to it or any copy, when the data subject asks.

Trinidad and Tobago Data Protection Act, 2011, rights of access and correction from a date not yet set

Once Part III is in force, on a correction request either correct the personal information or annotate it with the requested correction, and notify any other public body or third party the information was disclosed to in the year before the request.

Uganda Data Protection and Privacy Act, 2019, rights of data subjects

Correct or delete personal data on a data subject's request where it is inaccurate, irrelevant, excessive, out of date, incomplete, misleading or obtained unlawfully, tell the data subject the outcome, and notify every person the data was previously disclosed to of a correction made.

Rectify, update, block, erase or destroy personal data the Authority finds inaccurate on a data subject's complaint, and notify every third party the data was previously disclosed to of that action.

Uruguay Ley N° 18.331, rights of data subjects

Correct, update, include, or delete a data subject's personal data within five business days of their request when it is erroneous, false, or missing, or explain in writing why it does not, and notify any recipient of the data of the correction within five business days.

Zambia Data Protection Act, 2021, rights of the data subject

Communicate every rectification, erasure or restriction of processing to each recipient the personal data was disclosed to, where practicable.

Enforcement supervision

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Ethiopia Personal Data Protection Proclamation, enforcement, sanctions and offences

Comply with an enforcement order the Authority serves within the period it specifies, which is never less than twenty-one days, then tell the data subject concerned and, where compliance materially modifies the data, anyone it was disclosed to in the twelve months before the order was served.

Ghana Data Protection Act, enforcement, offences and penalties

Notify a third party who received personal data that has since been rectified, blocked, erased, or destroyed of that change, where the Commission's enforcement notice requires it.

Grenada Data Protection Act, No. 1 of 2023, Information Commission, enforcement and offences from a date not yet set

Comply with an enforcement notice within the time it specifies, and where compliance materially modifies personal data, notify the data subject and anyone the data was disclosed to in the twelve months before the notice.

Saint Kitts and Nevis Data Protection Act, 2018, Information Commissioner, enforcement and offences from a date not yet set

Comply with an enforcement notice the Information Commissioner serves within the time it states, and notify the data subject and anyone the data was disclosed to in the twelve months before the notice, within thirty days of complying, if compliance materially modifies the data.

Comprehensive regime

3 laws, 3 places
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Argentina Ley 25.326, Ley de Protección de los Datos Personales

If you operate a credit-reporting database, purge and stop recording any delinquency or Central Bank risk-category 2 to 5 entry tied to an obligation that fell due between and once the debt is cancelled or regularized, and tell any database you disclosed the original default to about the cancellation.

Ethiopia Personal Data Protection Proclamation

Destroy personal data as soon as is reasonably practicable once the purpose for storing it has lapsed, in a manner that prevents its reconstruction in an intelligible form, and tell any data processor holding the data to do the same.

Tunisia Organic Act on the Protection of Personal Data

Choose a subcontractor with care before delegating any processing to it, hold it to the Act's own obligations, and correct, complete or erase a file once you learn it is inaccurate or insufficient, notifying the person and any recipient within two months.

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