Data Protection Act 2018
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Data subject may lodge complaint with Commission | ||
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119. (1) Without prejudice to any other remedy available to him or her, and subject to section 120 , a data subject who considers that processing of his or her personal data infringes a relevant provision, or provisions adopted by another Member State giving effect to a right to the data subject under the Directive, may lodge a complaint with the Commission. | ||
(2) (a) Without prejudice to the right of a data subject under subsection (1), the Commission may specify the form of a complaint lodged under that subsection. | ||
(b) When specifying a form under paragraph (a), the Commission shall, without excluding other means of communication, ensure that the form is capable of being completed electronically. | ||
(3) The Commission, where it is not the competent supervisory authority in respect of a complaint lodged with it under subsection (1), shall— | ||
(a) without undue delay, transmit the complaint to the competent supervisory authority, and | ||
(b) inform the data subject of the transmission of the complaint. | ||
(4) Where a complaint is transmitted to the Commission in accordance with the law of a Member State giving effect to Article 52(2) of the Directive, the complaint shall, for the purposes of this Part, be deemed to be a complaint lodged, on the date on which the complaint is received by the Commission, with the Commission in accordance with subsection (1). |