Datenschutz - Daten berichtigen lassen

• Art. 16 Datenschutz-Grundverordnung (DSGVO) – Recht auf Berichtigung
• § 75 Bundesdatenschutzgesetz (BDSG) - Berichtigung personenbezogener Daten
• spezielle Normen im Bereich polizeilicher, justizieller und nachrichtendienstlicher Verarbeitungen

Do you believe that a public authority has stored incorrect data about you? Then you can usually apply to the public authority to have this incorrect data corrected.

In the case of automatically stored data, incorrect data can often simply be "overwritten". However, there are cases in which it must be documented that and when the incorrect data was corrected. If data in files is to be corrected, a so-called "correction note" is made. This means that the public authority enters that the information recorded in the file is incorrect.

The right to rectification only applies to incorrect personal data concerning you. Other contents of the file, such as expert opinions whose accuracy is disputed, cannot be removed from the file on the basis of this provision.

You can demand that authorities and institutions correct your personal data without delay. If your data is incomplete, you can request that it be completed.

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Your stored data is incorrect

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Request the correction of your incorrect personal data from the public authority concerned. You can submit the request informally, in writing, verbally, by telephone or electronically.

• The relevant authority will decide on the request after examining it.
• You can contact the competent data protection supervisory authority instead or in addition.

The competent authority will inform the recipients of the previously transmitted incorrect data of the change. Exceptions to this are notifications that prove to be impossible or require a disproportionate amount of effort.

Usually 1 month

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complaint to the Saxon Data Protection and Transparency Commissioner; complaint against the controller(s)