Communications TechnologyYour rights and what the Data Protection Commissioner can do to help youRight of accessThe personal information you are entitled to is that kept on a computer or in a manual filing system which facilitates access to information about you. You can make an access request to any organization or person who has personal information about you. For example, you can request access to your doctor, your bank, a credit reference agency, a government department responsible for your affairs or your employer. you discover that information held about you by someone else is inaccurate, you have the right to have that information corrected (or “rectified”). In certain circumstances, you can also have the information removed from the database completely - for example, if the organization holding the information has no good reason to keep it (i.e. it does not are irrelevant or excessive in relation to the objective sought), or if the information has not been obtained in a fair manner. You can exercise your right to rectification or erasure by simply writing to the organization that stores your data. You can also ask a data controller to block your data, i.e. to prevent it from being used for certain purposes. For example, you may want your data to be blocked for research purposes while it was retained for other purposes. If an organization holds your information for direct marketing purposes (such as direct mail or telephone marketing), you have the right to have your information removed from that database. . This right is useful if you receive unwanted “junk mail” or annoying phone calls from salespeople. You can exercise this right simply by writing to the organization concerned. The organization must respond to you within 40 days to confirm that they have processed your request. Right to complain to the Data Protection Commissioner. What happens if someone ignores your access request or refuses to correct information about you that is inaccurate? If you encounter difficulty exercising your rights, or if you feel that someone