The Data Protection Act, 2020

Part IIRights of Data Subjects and Others

Section 7. Manner and extent to which information shall be supplied under section 6

This text is reproduced from the Act for reference and is being proofread against the official publication. For authoritative wording, consult the official Data Protection Act, 2020.

7.—(1) The obligation imposed by section 6(2)(c)(i) shall be Manner and ' complied with by supplying the data subject with a copy of the information Shih in permanent form unless— information . (a) the supply of such a copy is not possible or would involve supplied disproportionate effort; or a *r section

(b) the data subject agrees otherwise,

and where any of the information referred to in section 6(2)(c)(i) is expressed in terms which are not intelligible without explanation, the copy shall be accompanied by an explanation of those terms.

(2) For the purposes of section 6(2)(c) “intelligible form”, in the case of a person with a disability (as defined by the Disabilities Act), means a form that would render the information readily accessible by the person, having regard to the special needs of the person, and regulations may prescribe circumstances in which the requirements of subsection (2)(c) shall be taken to have been met.

(3) The information to be supplied pursuant to a request under section 6 shall be supplied by reference to the personal data in question at the time when the request is received, except that it may take account of any amendment or deletion made between that time and the time when the information is supplied, being an amendment or deletion that would have been made regardless of the receipt of the request.

Grounds

Source: Data Protection Act, 2020, p.19.