Law / Norway

Personal Data Act, Data Subject Rights in Norway

personopplysningsloven LOV-2018-06-15-38, data subject rights provisions

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In force since 20 July 2018.

A data subject rights rule binding public and private bodies.

As of 24 August 2026.

What it requires

  • Honor a person's request to access, rectify, erase, restrict, port, or object to processing of their personal data in Norway within one month of receipt.
  • Provide a meaningful human review before finalizing any decision based solely on automated processing that produces legal or similarly significant effects for a person in Norway, under the incorporated General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Article 22.

What this law does

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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Articles 15 to 21, incorporated as Norwegian law through the Personal Data Act: access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, and objection, exercisable against the controller. Article 22 gives a qualified right against a decision based solely on automated processing with legal or similarly significant effect. Chapter 3 adds no Norway-specific narrowing of these rights.

When LexLint raises it

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  • automated_outreach
  • high_risk_decisions

Read the law

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