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Section 11Rights & Portals
Right to Access
The right to access information concerns a summary of personal data and processing and specified information about recipients.
Meaning and legal context
The provision has a defined scope and exceptions. It is not an unrestricted copy of every internal document or a machine-readable portability entitlement.
Practical application
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