Do I need my custodian’s permission for making data protection requests?

People of all ages have a right to privacy and the protection of their personal data. Minors also have the right to exercise their data protection rights themselves. If you want to check what data a company, association or club has on you, for example, you can request the data yourself. You do not need your parent’s or custodian’s permission.

A child’s custodian or representative can sometimes exercise the child’s data protection rights on the child’s behalf. You can discuss your data protection rights, which we talked about in the previous sections, with your parents. They can then file the request on your behalf.

In some cases, a custodian or representative of a child may not have the right to exercise data protection rights on the child’s behalf. Even minors have the right to their own data, and some laws specify that minors can restrict their custodians’ right of access to their data. More detailed information on when a custodian can exercise their child’s data protection rights can be found in the following article: