There are errors in my data – how can I have it corrected?

If you notice that your name has been spelled wrong or that the hobby organiser has your old address, you can ask it to rectify the errors in the data. You can also ask your club to add information like a missing telephone number to your contact details.

The rectification of data means that

• you can request the rectification of inaccurate data
• you can request the controller to complete incomplete data

What to do:

1. Request the rectification or completion of your data directly from the hobby organiser. You can ask for help from your coach or instructor if you are not sure where to send your request. You can also find instructions in the privacy statement most hobby organisers have on their website. You can always ask your parent or another adult for help with making the request.
2. In your request, specify which of your personal data you want corrected and how.
3. The hobby organiser normally has to reply to your request within a month.
4. If you do not get a reply within a month or the hobby organiser refuses to rectify your data, you can contact the Data Protection Ombudsman. The Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman is an authority that supervises data protection, including in hobbies. In some cases, the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman can order the hobby organiser to rectify your personal data.
   
   You can find our contact details here: Children’s data protection rights | Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman

More detailed information about the rectification of personal data is available on the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman’s website:
If you would like to have your data erased | Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman

Example

You have just signed up for dance lessons. At the first lesson, you write your name and contact details on a form given by the dance instructor so that the dance academy can inform you of lessons. The following week, you notice that the dance academy has not sent the lesson schedule to you. You look your instructor’s contact details up on the dance academy website. You ask the instructor to let you check your information because you suspect that there could be a spelling error in your contact details. The dance academy sends you the information they have on you. You notice a typo in your email address. You send a message to the dance academy, asking it to rectify the error in your email address so that you will not miss out on the academy’s communications.