How can we get these rights (GDPR) in America and Canada
How can we get these rights (GDPR) in America and Canada
The Data Protection Act (DPA) controls how personal information can be used and your rights to ask for information about yourself
Under the Data Protection Act 2018, you have the right to find out what information the government and other organisations store about you. These include the right to:
- be informed about how your data is being used
- access personal data
- have incorrect data updated
- have data erased
- stop or restrict the processing of your data
- data portability (allowing you to get and reuse your data for different services)
- object to how your data is processed in certain circumstances
You also have rights when an organisation is using your personal data for:
- automated decision-making processes (without human involvement)
- profiling, for example to predict your behaviour or interests
Plus more at the link.
My company is based is Quebec and has offices in UK. We adopt GDPR policies and apply them globally across the company.
Quebec has them.
That's good to hear, did your politicians do it on their own or did you have someone fighting for them?
Quebec has a long history of consumer protections, advertising can’t target children and companies exclude Quebec in giveaways because of protections
Search for "Quebec law 25" or "Quebec act 25".
You can lobby your politicians to pass a law?