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(39) Any processing of personal data should be lawful and fair. It should be transparent to natural persons that personal data concerning them are collected, used, consulted or otherwise processed and to what extent the personal data are or will be processed. The principle of transparency requires that any information and communication relating to the processing of those personal data be easily accessible and easy to understand, and that clear and plain language be used. That principle concerns, in particular, information to the data subjects on the identity of the controller and the purposes of the processing and further information to ensure fair and transparent processing in respect of the natural persons concerned and their right to obtain confirmation and communication of personal data concerning them which are being processed. Natural persons should be made aware of risks, rules, safeguards and rights in relation to the processing of personal data and how to exercise their rights in relation to such processing. In particular, the specific purposes for which personal data are processed should be explicit and legitimate and determined at the time of the collection of the personal data. The personal data should be adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary for the purposes for which they are processed. This requires, in particular, ensuring that the period for which the personal data are stored is limited to a strict minimum. Personal data should be processed only if the purpose of the processing could not reasonably be fulfilled by other means. In order to ensure that the personal data are not kept longer than necessary, time limits should be established by the controller for erasure or for a periodic review. Every reasonable step should be taken to ensure that personal data which are inaccurate are rectified or deleted. Personal data should be processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security and confidentiality of the personal data, including for preventing unauthorised access to or use of personal data and the equipment used for the processing.

(59) Modalities should be provided for facilitating the exercise of the data subject's rights under this Regulation, including mechanisms to request and, if applicable, obtain, free of charge, in particular, access to and rectification or erasure of personal data and the exercise of the right to object. The controller should also provide means for requests to be made electronically, especially where personal data are processed by electronic means. The controller should be obliged to respond to requests from the data subject without undue delay and at the latest within one month and to give reasons where the controller does not intend to comply with any such requests.

(65) A data subject should have the right to have personal data concerning him or her rectified and a ‘right to be forgotten’ where the retention of such data infringes this Regulation or Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject. In particular, a data subject should have the right to have his or her personal data erased and no longer processed where the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are collected or otherwise processed, where a data subject has withdrawn his or her consent or objects to the processing of personal data concerning him or her, or where the processing of his or her personal data does not otherwise comply with this Regulation. That right is relevant in particular where the data subject has given his or her consent as a child and is not fully aware of the risks involved by the processing, and later wants to remove such personal data, especially on the internet. The data subject should be able to exercise that right notwithstanding the fact that he or she is no longer a child. However, the further retention of the personal data should be lawful where it is necessary, for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller, on the grounds of public interest in the area of public health, for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

(156) The processing of personal data for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes should be subject to appropriate safeguards for the rights and freedoms of the data subject pursuant to this Regulation. Those safeguards should ensure that technical and organisational measures are in place in order to ensure, in particular, the principle of data minimisation. The further processing of personal data for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes is to be carried out when the controller has assessed the feasibility to fulfil those purposes by processing data which do not permit or no longer permit the identification of data subjects, provided that appropriate safeguards exist (such as, for instance, pseudonymisation of the data). Member States should provide for appropriate safeguards for the processing of personal data for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes. Member States should be authorised to provide, under specific conditions and subject to appropriate safeguards for data subjects, specifications and derogations with regard to the information requirements and rights to rectification, to erasure, to be forgotten, to restriction of processing, to data portability, and to object when processing personal data for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes. The conditions and safeguards in question may entail specific procedures for data subjects to exercise those rights if this is appropriate in the light of the purposes sought by the specific processing along with technical and organisational measures aimed at minimising the processing of personal data in pursuance of the proportionality and necessity principles. The processing of personal data for scientific purposes should also comply with other relevant legislation such as on clinical trials.

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(25) Whereas the principles of protection must be reflected, on the one hand, in the obligations imposed on persons, public authorities, enterprises, agencies or other bodies responsible for processing, in particular regarding data quality, technical security, notification to the supervisory authority, and the circumstances under which processing can be carried out, and, on the other hand, in the right conferred on individuals, the data on whom are the subject of processing, to be informed that processing is taking place, to consult the data, to request corrections and even to object to processing in certain circumstances;

The GDPR

Article 16 of the Regulation is in line with Article 12 b) of the Directive in that it recognizes to a person concerned by personal data processing the right to rectification of the data concerning him or her,  which is inaccurate.

Apart from the inaccurate data, Article 16 also allows the data subject to require to have the incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.

The Directive

Article 12 b) of the Directive granted the data subjects the right to obtain, as appropriate, rectification, erasure or blocking of data, the processing of which does not comply with the Directive, in particular because of incomplete or inaccurate nature of the data.

The right to rectification is intended to complement the right of access, giving to the data subject the power to prevent the processing activities from resulting in the distribution or use of false information.

Potential issues

We do not see  a priori  any specific implementation difficulties.

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Group 29

Guidelines on Automated individual decision-making and Profiling for the purposes of Regulation 2016/679 (6 February 2018)

(Endorsed by the EDPB)

The General Data Protection Regulation (the GDPR), specifically addresses profiling and automated individual decision-making, including profiling.

Profiling and automated decision-making are used in an increasing number of sectors, both private and public. Banking and finance, healthcare, taxation, insurance, marketing and advertising are just a few examples of the fields where profiling is being carried out more regularly to aid decision-making.

Advances in technology and the capabilities of big data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning have made it easier to create profiles and make automated decisions with the potential to significantly impact individuals’ rights and freedoms.

The widespread availability of personal data on the internet and from Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and the ability to find correlations and create links, can allow aspects of an individual’s personality or behaviour, interests and habits to be determined, analysed and predicted.

Profiling and automated decision-making can be useful for individuals and organisations, delivering benefits such as:

  • increased efficiencies; and
  • resource savings.

They have many commercial applications, for example, they can be used to better segment markets and tailor services and products to align with individual needs. Medicine, education, healthcare and transportation can also all benefit from these processes.

However, profiling and automated decision-making can pose significant risks for individuals’ rights and freedoms which require appropriate safeguards.

These processes can be opaque. Individuals might not know that they are being profiled or understand what is involved.

Profiling can perpetuate existing stereotypes and social segregation. It can also lock a person into a specific category and restrict them to their suggested preferences. This can undermine their freedom to choose, for example, certain products or services such as books, music or newsfeeds. In some cases, profiling can lead to inaccurate predictions. In other cases it can lead to denial of services and goods and unjustified discrimination.

The GDPR introduces new provisions to address the risks arising from profiling and automated decision-making, notably, but not limited to, privacy. The purpose of these guidelines is to clarify those provisions.

This document covers:

  • Definitions of profiling and automated decision-making and the GDPR approach to these in general – Chapter II
  • General provisions on profiling and automated decision-making – Chapter III
  • Specific provisions on solely automated decision-making defined in Article 22 - Chapter IV
  • Children and profiling – Chapter V
  • Data protection impact assessments and data protection officers– Chapter VI

The Annexes provide best practice recommendations, building on the experience gained in EU Member States.

The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party (WP29) will monitor the implementation of these guidelines and may complement them with further details as appropriate.

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CJEU caselaw

C-553/07 (7 May 2009)

Article 12(a) of Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data requires Member States to ensure a right of access to information on the recipients or categories of recipient of personal data and on the content of the data disclosed not only in respect of the present but also in respect of the past. It is for Member States to fix a time-limit for storage of that information and to provide for access to that information which constitutes a fair balance between, on the one hand, the interest of the data subject in protecting his privacy, in particular by way of his rights to object and to bring legal proceedings and, on the other, the burden which the obligation to store that information represents for the controller.

Rules limiting the storage of information on the recipients or categories of recipient of personal data and on the content of the data disclosed to a period of one year and correspondingly limiting access to that information, while basic data is stored for a much longer period, do not constitute a fair balance of the interest and obligation at issue, unless it can be shown that longer storage of that information would constitute an excessive burden on the controller. It is, however, for national courts to make the determinations necessary.

Opinion of Advocate general

Judgment of the Court

C-486/12 (12 December 2013)

1.      Article 12(a) of Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data must be interpreted as not precluding the levying of fees in respect of the communication of personal data by a public authority.

2.      Article 12(a) of Directive 95/46 must be interpreted as meaning that, in order to ensure that fees levied when the right to access personal data is exercised are not excessive for the purposes of that provision, the level of those fees must not exceed the cost of communicating such data. It is for the national court to carry out any verifications necessary, having regard to the circumstances of the case.

Judgment of the Court

C-131/12 (13 May 2014)

1.      Article 2(b) and (d) of Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data are to be interpreted as meaning that, first, the activity of a search engine consisting in finding information published or placed on the internet by third parties, indexing it automatically, storing it temporarily and, finally, making it available to internet users according to a particular order of preference must be classified as ‘processing of personal data’ within the meaning of Article 2(b) when that information contains personal data and, second, the operator of the search engine must be regarded as the ‘controller’ in respect of that processing, within the meaning of Article 2(d).

2.      Article 4(1)(a) of Directive 95/46 is to be interpreted as meaning that processing of personal data is carried out in the context of the activities of an establishment of the controller on the territory of a Member State, within the meaning of that provision, when the operator of a search engine sets up in a Member State a branch or subsidiary which is intended to promote and sell advertising space offered by that engine and which orientates its activity towards the inhabitants of that Member State.

3.      Article 12(b) and subparagraph (a) of the first paragraph of Article 14 of Directive 95/46 are to be interpreted as meaning that, in order to comply with the rights laid down in those provisions and in so far as the conditions laid down by those provisions are in fact satisfied, the operator of a search engine is obliged to remove from the list of results displayed following a search made on the basis of a person’s name links to web pages, published by third parties and containing information relating to that person, also in a case where that name or information is not erased beforehand or simultaneously from those web pages, and even, as the case may be, when its publication in itself on those pages is lawful.

4.      Article 12(b) and subparagraph (a) of the first paragraph of Article 14 of Directive 95/46 are to be interpreted as meaning that, when appraising the conditions for the application of those provisions, it should inter alia be examined whether the data subject has a right that the information in question relating to him personally should, at this point in time, no longer be linked to his name by a list of results displayed following a search made on the basis of his name, without it being necessary in order to find such a right that the inclusion of the information in question in that list causes prejudice to the data subject. As the data subject may, in the light of his fundamental rights under Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter, request that the information in question no longer be made available to the general public on account of its inclusion in such a list of results, those rights override, as a rule, not only the economic interest of the operator of the search engine but also the interest of the general public in having access to that information upon a search relating to the data subject’s name. However, that would not be the case if it appeared, for particular reasons, such as the role played by the data subject in public life, that the interference with his fundamental rights is justified by the preponderant interest of the general public in having, on account of its inclusion in the list of results, access to the information in question.

Opinion of Advocate general

Judgment of the Court

C-141/12 ; C-372/12 (17 July 2014)

1.      Article 2(a) of Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data must be interpreted as meaning that the data relating to an applicant for a residence permit contained in an administrative document, such as the ‘minute’ at issue in the main proceedings, setting out the grounds that the case officer puts forward in support of the draft decision which he is responsible for drawing up in the context of the procedure prior to the adoption of a decision concerning the application for such a permit and, where relevant, the data in the legal analysis contained in that document, are ‘personal data’ within the meaning of that provision, whereas, by contrast, that analysis cannot in itself be so classified.

2.      Article 12(a) of Directive 95/46 and Article 8(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union must be interpreted as meaning that an applicant for a residence permit has a right of access to all personal data concerning him which are processed by the national administrative authorities within the meaning of Article 2(b) of that directive. For that right to be complied with, it is sufficient that the applicant be in possession of a full summary of those data in an intelligible form, that is to say a form which allows that applicant to become aware of those data and to check that they are accurate and processed in compliance with that directive, so that he may, where relevant, exercise the rights conferred on him by that directive.

3.      Article 41(2)(b) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union must be interpreted as meaning that the applicant for a residence permit cannot rely on that provision against the national authorities.

Opinion of Advocate general

Judgment of the Court

C-398/15 (9 March 2017)

Article 6(1)(e), Article 12(b) and subparagraph (a) of the first paragraph of Article 14 of Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, read in conjunction with Article 3 of the First Council Directive 68/151/EEC of 9 March 1968 on co-ordination of safeguards which, for the protection of the interests of members and others, are required by Member States of companies within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 58 of the Treaty, with a view to making such safeguards equivalent throughout the Community, as amended by Directive 2003/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2003, must be interpreted as meaning that, as EU law currently stands, it is for the Member States to determine whether the natural persons referred to in Article 2(1)(d) and (j) of that directive may apply to the authority responsible for keeping, respectively, the central register, commercial register or companies register to determine, on the basis of a case-by-case assessment, if it is exceptionally justified, on compelling legitimate grounds relating to their particular situation, to limit, on the expiry of a sufficiently long period after the dissolution of the company concerned, access to personal data relating to them, entered in that register, to third parties who can demonstrate a specific interest in consulting that data.

Opinion of Advocate general

Judgment of the Court

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Art. 16

The data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject shall have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.
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Art. 16

The data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller the rectification of personal data relating to them which are inaccurate. The data subject shall have the right to obtain completion of incomplete personal data, including by way of supplementing a corrective statement.

 
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1. (...) The data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of personal data concerning him or her which are inaccurate.

Having regard to the purposes for which data were processed, the data subject shall have the right to obtain completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of providing a supplementary (...) statement.

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Art. 12

Member States shall guarantee every data subject the right to obtain from the controller:

(a) without constraint at reasonable intervals and without excessive delay or expense:

- confirmation as to whether or not data relating to him are being processed and information at least as to the purposes of the processing, the categories of data concerned, and the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the data are disclosed,

- communication to him in an intelligible form of the data undergoing processing and of any available information as to their source,

- knowledge of the logic involved in any automatic processing of data concerning him at least in the case of the automated decisions referred to in Article 15 (1);

(b) as appropriate the rectification, erasure or blocking of data the processing of which does not comply with the provisions of this Directive, in particular because of the incomplete or inaccurate nature of the data;

(c) notification to third parties to whom the data have been disclosed of any rectification, erasure or blocking carried out in compliance with (b), unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort.
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37. - (1)  The controller shall at the request of the data subject rectify, erase or block data which turn out to be inaccurate or misleading or in any other way processed in violation of law or regulations.

(2) The controller shall at the request of the data subject notify the third party to whom the data have been disclosed of any rectification, erasure or blocking carried out in compliance with subsection (1). However, this shall not apply if such notification proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort.
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Loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés

Art. 40

Version initiale

Toute personne physique justifiant de son identité peut exiger du responsable d'un traitement que soient, selon les cas, rectifiées, complétées, mises à jour, verrouillées ou effacées les données à caractère personnel la concernant, qui sont inexactes, incomplètes, équivoques, périmées, ou dont la collecte, l'utilisation, la communication ou la conservation est interdite.

Lorsque l'intéressé en fait la demande, le responsable du traitement doit justifier, sans frais pour le demandeur, qu'il a procédé aux opérations exigées en vertu de l'alinéa précédent.

En cas de contestation, la charge de la preuve incombe au responsable auprès duquel est exercé le droit d'accès sauf lorsqu'il est établi que les données contestées ont été communiquées par l'intéressé ou avec son accord.

Lorsqu'il obtient une modification de l'enregistrement, l'intéressé est en droit d'obtenir le remboursement des frais correspondant au coût de la copie mentionnée au I de l'article 39.

Si une donnée a été transmise à un tiers, le responsable du traitement doit accomplir les diligences utiles afin de lui notifier les opérations qu'il a effectuées conformément au premier alinéa.

Les héritiers d'une personne décédée justifiant de leur identité peuvent, si des éléments portés à leur connaissance leur laissent présumer que les données à caractère personnel la concernant faisant l'objet d'un traitement n'ont pas été actualisées, exiger du responsable de ce traitement qu'il prenne en considération le décès et procède aux mises à jour qui doivent en être la conséquence.

Lorsque les héritiers en font la demande, le responsable du traitement doit justifier, sans frais pour le demandeur, qu'il a procédé aux opérations exigées en vertu de l'alinéa précédent.

Cf décret 2005/1309 art 99 et 100 + délibération CNIL 80-010

Art. 40

Modifié par la loi n°2018-493 du 20 juin 2018

I. — Toute personne physique justifiant de son identité peut exiger du responsable d'un traitement que soient, selon les cas, rectifiées, complétées, mises à jour, verrouillées ou effacées les données à caractère personnel la concernant, qui sont inexactes, incomplètes, équivoques, périmées, ou dont la collecte, l'utilisation, la communication ou la conservation est interdite.

Lorsque l'intéressé en fait la demande, le responsable du traitement doit justifier, sans frais pour le demandeur, qu'il a procédé aux opérations exigées en vertu de l'alinéa précédent.

En cas de contestation, la charge de la preuve incombe au responsable auprès duquel est exercé le droit d'accès sauf lorsqu'il est établi que les données contestées ont été communiquées par l'intéressé ou avec son accord.

Lorsqu'il obtient une modification de l'enregistrement, l'intéressé est en droit d'obtenir le remboursement des frais correspondant au coût de la copie mentionnée au I de l'article 39.

Si une donnée a été transmise à un tiers, le responsable du traitement doit accomplir les diligences utiles afin de lui notifier les opérations qu'il a effectuées conformément au premier alinéa.

II. — Sur demande de la personne concernée, le responsable du traitement est tenu d'effacer dans les meilleurs délais les données à caractère personnel qui ont été collectées dans le cadre de l'offre de services de la société de l'information lorsque la personne concernée était mineure au moment de la collecte. Lorsqu'il a transmis les données en cause à un tiers lui-même responsable de traitement, il prend des mesures raisonnables, y compris d'ordre technique, compte tenu des technologies disponibles et des coûts de mise en œuvre, pour informer le tiers qui traite ces données que la personne concernée a demandé l'effacement de tout lien vers celles-ci, ou de toute copie ou de toute reproduction de celles-ci.

En cas de non-exécution de l'effacement des données à caractère personnel ou en cas d'absence de réponse du responsable du traitement dans un délai d'un mois à compter de la demande, la personne concernée peut saisir la Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, qui se prononce sur cette demande dans un délai de trois semaines à compter de la date de réception de la réclamation.

Les deux premiers alinéas du présent II ne s'appliquent pas lorsque le traitement de données à caractère personnel est nécessaire :

1° Pour exercer le droit à la liberté d'expression et d'information ;

2° Pour respecter une obligation légale qui requiert le traitement de ces données ou pour exercer une mission d'intérêt public ou relevant de l'exercice de l'autorité publique dont est investi le responsable du traitement ;

3° Pour des motifs d'intérêt public dans le domaine de la santé publique ;

4° A des fins archivistiques dans l'intérêt public, à des fins de recherche scientifique ou historique ou à des fins statistiques, dans la mesure où le droit mentionné au présent II est susceptible de rendre impossible ou de compromettre gravement la réalisation des objectifs du traitement ;

5° A la constatation, à l'exercice ou à la défense de droits en justice.

III.-Un décret en Conseil d'Etat, pris après avis de la Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, fixe la liste des traitements et des catégories de traitements autorisés à déroger au droit à la communication d'une violation de données régi par l'article 34 du règlement (UE) 2016/679 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 27 avril 2016 précité lorsque la notification d'une divulgation ou d'un accès non autorisé à ces données est susceptible de représenter un risque pour la sécurité nationale, la défense nationale ou la sécurité publique. La dérogation prévue au présent III n'est applicable qu'aux seuls traitements de données à caractère personnel nécessaires au respect d'une obligation légale qui requiert le traitement de ces données ou à l'exercice d'une mission d'intérêt public dont est investi le responsable de traitement.

Art. 40-1

Modifié par loi n°2016-1321 du 7 octobre 2016

I. - Les droits ouverts à la présente section s'éteignent au décès de leur titulaire. Toutefois, ils peuvent être provisoirement maintenus conformément aux II et III suivants.

II. - Toute personne peut définir des directives relatives à la conservation, à l'effacement et à la communication de ses données à caractère personnel après son décès. Ces directives sont générales ou particulières.

Les directives générales concernent l'ensemble des données à caractère personnel se rapportant à la personne concernée et peuvent être enregistrées auprès d'un tiers de confiance numérique certifié par la Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés.

Les références des directives générales et le tiers de confiance auprès duquel elles sont enregistrées sont inscrites dans un registre unique dont les modalités et l'accès sont fixés par décret en Conseil d'Etat, pris après avis motivé et publié de la Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés.

Les directives particulières concernent les traitements de données à caractère personnel mentionnées par ces directives. Elles sont enregistrées auprès des responsables de traitement concernés. Elles font l'objet du consentement spécifique de la personne concernée et ne peuvent résulter de la seule approbation par celle-ci des conditions générales d'utilisation.

Les directives générales et particulières définissent la manière dont la personne entend que soient exercés, après son décès, les droits mentionnés à la présente section. Le respect de ces directives est sans préjudice des dispositions applicables aux archives publiques comportant des données à caractère personnel.

Lorsque les directives prévoient la communication de données qui comportent également des données à caractère personnel relatives à des tiers, cette communication s'effectue dans le respect de la présente loi.

La personne peut modifier ou révoquer ses directives à tout moment.

Les directives mentionnées au premier alinéa du présent II peuvent désigner une personne chargée de leur exécution. Celle-ci a alors qualité, lorsque la personne est décédée, pour prendre connaissance des directives et demander leur mise en œuvre aux responsables de traitement concernés. A défaut de désignation ou, sauf directive contraire, en cas de décès de la personne désignée, ses héritiers ont qualité pour prendre connaissance des directives au décès de leur auteur et demander leur mise en œuvre aux responsables de traitement concernés.

Toute clause contractuelle des conditions générales d'utilisation d'un traitement portant sur des données à caractère personnel limitant les prérogatives reconnues à la personne en vertu du présent article est réputée non écrite.

III. - En l'absence de directives ou de mention contraire dans lesdites directives, les héritiers de la personne concernée peuvent exercer après son décès les droits mentionnés à la présente section dans la mesure nécessaire :

  - à l'organisation et au règlement de la succession du défunt. A ce titre, les héritiers peuvent accéder aux traitements de données à caractère personnel qui le concernent afin d'identifier et d'obtenir communication des informations utiles à la liquidation et au partage de la succession. Ils peuvent aussi recevoir communication des biens numériques ou des données s'apparentant à des souvenirs de famille, transmissibles aux héritiers ;

  - à la prise en compte, par les responsables de traitement, de son décès. A ce titre, les héritiers peuvent faire procéder à la clôture des comptes utilisateurs du défunt, s'opposer à la poursuite des traitements de données à caractère personnel le concernant ou faire procéder à leur mise à jour.

Lorsque les héritiers en font la demande, le responsable du traitement doit justifier, sans frais pour le demandeur, qu'il a procédé aux opérations exigées en application du troisième alinéa du présent III.

Les désaccords entre héritiers sur l'exercice des droits prévus au présent III sont portés devant le tribunal de grande instance compétent.

IV. - Tout prestataire d'un service de communication au public en ligne informe l'utilisateur du sort des données qui le concernent à son décès et lui permet de choisir de communiquer ou non ses données à un tiers qu'il désigne.

Décret d'application. 

CF chapitre II TITRE VI décret pris pour l'application de la loi n°78-17 du 6 janvier 1978.
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