General Data Protection Regulation

Article 16

Right to rectification

The data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject shall have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.

Holdings

C-247/2313 Mar 2025

VP v Országos Idegenrendészeti Főigazgatóság

For rectifying gender-identity data in a public register, the person concerned may be required to provide relevant and sufficient evidence reasonably needed to show that the data are inaccurate. A Member State may not, under any circumstances, make that right conditional on proof of gender reassignment surgery.