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title: "GDPR Article 16: Right to rectification"
url: "https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/gdpr/article-16"
type: "legal-text"
date: ""
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# GDPR Article 16: Right to rectification

_CHAPTER III . Section 3_

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.

## Relevant recitals

- [Recital 65](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/gdpr/recital-65): Right of Rectification and Erasure

Source text: EUR-Lex, Official Journal consolidated HTML (CELEX 32016R0679). Recital short titles are editorial labels from gdpr-info.eu editorial short titles (not official). Cross-checked against gdpr-info.eu (independent reproduction).