9. Do you have rights as a Data Subject?

Yes you do! 

Under the sixth Data Protection principle, data subjects have the right to:

• See data held on themselves within 40 days for payments of a small fee (often around £10)
• Have any errors in the data corrected
• Compensation for any distress caused if the Act has been broken
• Prevent processing likely to cause damage or distress
• Prevent processing for direct marketing by writing to the data controller to inform them that advertising material is not to be sent
• Prevent processing for automated decision taking by writing to the data controller to inform them that no decisions should be taken based on automatic processing.  Some banks determine whether or not a customer should be given a mortgage on the basis of a computer program.  The data subject has the right to prevent that happening.