1. The responsible party who has corrected, supplemented, deleted or blocked personal data in
response to a request under Article 36, has an obligation as soon as possible to inform third
parties to whom the data has previously been supplied about the correction, addition, deletion or
blocking, unless this appears to be impossible or would involve a disproportionate effort.
2. Upon request, the responsible party shall notify the requester referred to in Article 36 of those
parties to whom it has provided such information.
Article 39
1. The responsible party may require a payment for expenses incurred in providing the
information referred to in Article 35, the amount of which shall be laid down by or under general
administrative regulation and may not exceed ten Dutch guilder.
2. The payment shall be refunded in the event that the responsible party corrects, supplements,
deletes or blockes data at the request of the data subject, on the recommendation of the Data
Protection Commission or by order of a court.
3. The amount referred to under (1) may be modified in special cases by general administrative
regulation.
Article 40
1. Where data are undergoing the processing referred to in Article 8(e) and (f), the data subject
may at any time register an objection with the responsible party in connection with his particular
personal circumstances.
2. The responsible party shall take a decision within four weeks of receiving a notice of objection
as to whether the objection is justified. In the event that the objection is justified, the responsible
party shall stop the processing with immediate effect.
3. The responsible party may require a payment for expenses incurred in dealing with an
objection, which payment may not exceed an amount to be laid down by or under a general
administrative regulation. The payment shall be refunded in the event that the objection is found
to be justified.
4. This article does not apply to public registers set up by law.
Article 41
1. Where data are being processed in connection with the creation or maintenance of a direct
relationship between the responsible party or a third party and the data subject with a view to
recruitment for commercial or charitable purposes, the data subject may register an objection to
such processing with the responsible party at any time and at no cost to himself.
2. In the case of an objection, the responsible party shall take the steps required to stop this form
of processing with immediate effect.
3. Responsible parties, who are planning to provide personal data to third parties or to use such
data at their account for the purposes referred to under (1), shall take appropriate steps to notify
the data subjects of the possibility of registering objections. This notification shall be made via
one or more newspapers or free-sheets, or in some other suitable way. In the case of regular