15 COMPLAINTS, RIGHTS REQUESTS, REGULATORY INVESTIGATIONS AND LITIGATION

Jamie Taylor

This chapter examines the mechanisms in the GDPR and the UK Data Protection Act that can be used by data subjects, regulators and litigators to further challenge and scrutinize data processing activities performed by controllers and processors.

AWARENESS LEVELS DRIVING SCRUTINY AND CHALLENGE

Public awareness of data protection rights and remedies has risen significantly. This can be attributed to many different factors, including the introduction of the GDPR, the rise of the privacy activist and consumer champions and the fact that in our increasingly digital society, significant data protection failures and disputes are often played out publicly across ...

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