Chapter 3 · Rights & Duties of Data Principal
Section 15 - Duties of Data Principal
What the law expects of individuals in returnRights come with responsibilities.
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Rights come with responsibilities. As a Data Principal you must comply with the law while exercising your rights, must not impersonate someone else, must not suppress material information where the law requires it (for example on official identity documents), must not file false or frivolous complaints, and must give only genuine, verifiable information when asking for a correction or erasure.
Filing a fake data-breach complaint to harass a company breaches this duty and can itself attract a penalty.
Key points
- Comply with applicable laws while exercising your rights.
- Do not impersonate another person.
- Do not suppress material information for official documents or identifiers.
- Do not file false or frivolous grievances; provide only authentic information.
Official section text
Section 15. Duties of Data Principal.
A Data Principal shall perform the following duties, namely: -
comply with the provisions of all applicable laws for the time being in force while exercising rights under the provisions of this Act;
to ensure not to impersonate another person while providing her personal data for a specified purpose;
to ensure not to suppress any material information while providing her personal data for any document, unique identifier, proof of identity or proof of address issued by the State or any of its instrumentalities;
to ensure not to register a false or frivolous grievance or complaint with a Data Fiduciary or the Board; and
to furnish only such information as is verifiably authentic, while exercising the right to correction or erasure under the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder.