Personal Data Protection
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request under subsection (1) which relates to the personal data,
the first-mentioned data user shall be deemed to be the data user
to whom such a request may be made and the provisions of this
Act shall be construed accordingly.
Compliance with data correction request
35. (1) Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (5) and section 36,
where a data user is satisfied that the personal data to which a
data correction request relates is inaccurate, incomplete, misleading
or not up-to-date, he shall, not later than twenty-one days from
the date of receipt of the data correction request—
(a) make the necessary correction to the personal data;
(b) supply the requestor with a copy of the personal data as
corrected; and
(c) subject to subsection (4), where—
(i) the personal data has been disclosed to a third party
during the twelve months immediately preceding
the day on which the correction is made; and
(ii) the data user has no reason to believe that the third
party has ceased using the personal data for the
purpose, including any directly related purpose,
for which the personal data was disclosed to the
third party,
take all practicable steps to supply the third party with a
copy of the personal data as so corrected accompanied
by a notice in writing stating the reasons for the
correction.
(2) A data user who is unable to comply with a data correction
request within the period specified in subsection (1) shall before
the expiration of that period—
(a) by notice in writing inform the requestor that he is unable
to comply with the data correction request within such
period and the reasons why he is unable to do so;
and
(b) comply with the data correction request to the extent that
he is able to do so.