- Jahrgang 2 (2016), Ausgabe 1
- Vol. 2 (2016), Nr. 1
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- Seiten 15 - 27
- pp. 15 - 27
Is the Subject Access Right Now Too Great a Threat to Privacy?
Legal and technological developments have brought new classes of data controller within the scope of European data protection law. Most of these have no direct relationship with the data subjects whose data they may process. This article considers the implications for the subject access duty: whether it still fulfils its original purposes and whether it creates new threats to privacy. Treating subject access as involving a conflict between the fundamental rights to data protection and privacy, the paper identifies a better balance and considers whether General Data Protection Regulation’s modified subject access right will achieve it.