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Can you send a GDPR letter to a public body, for example, the Office for National Statistics? Can you ask them to delete your data? Should they comply or are t

Can you send a GDPR letter to a public body, for example, the Office for National Statistics? Can you ask them to delete your data? Should they comply or are they waived from GDPR compliance?

perlgeek 8y ago
> Can you send a GDPR letter to a public body I'm pretty sure you can. > Can you send a GDPR letter to a public body You can, for PII. One would hope they store their data anonymized. > Should they comply or are they waived from GDPR compliance? I think they'd need to make a pretty strong case for why they cannot anonymize your data for their work to get an exception.
DanBC 8y ago
> Can you send a GDPR letter to a public body, for example, the Office for National Statistics Yes. They don't store personal data. All their data is strongly anonymised. > Can you ask them to delete your data? You can ask. GDPR does not introduce a blanket right to have your data deleted. There are a bunch of limitations to that right. https://gdpr-info.eu/art-17-gdpr/ https://gdpr-info.eu/art-17-gdpr/ > Should they comply They don't have to comply with deletion requests. i) they're not storing PII ii) if they're processing data for the reasons they've told you they do it then they don't need to delete upon request. > or are they waived from GDPR compliance? This isn't them being waived from GDPR compliance, this is the GDPR working the same for them as it would for any other processor. Having said all this, "Safeguards and derogations relating to processing for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes" That's not just government statistical departments, but includes university or history archives. https://gdpr-info.eu/art-89-gdpr/ https://gdpr-info.eu/art-89-gdpr/