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We’ve updated our Privacy Notice. You can see how and why we use your personal information in this summary, or read the full notice.

9. Your rights

You have certain rights with respect to your personal information. The application of the rights will depend on the certain circumstances and are subject to certain exemptions. Please see the table below for a summary of your rights. To exercise these rights please use contact the Data Protection Officer using the details in the Queries section below.

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Right of access to your personal information You have the right to receive a copy of your personal information that we hold about you, subject to certain exemptions.
Right to rectify your personal information You have the right to ask us to correct your personal information that we hold where it is incorrect or incomplete.
Right to erasure of your personal information You have the right to ask that your personal information be deleted in certain circumstances. For example:
  1. where your personal information is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise used;
  2. if you withdraw your consent and there is no other legal ground for which we rely on for the continued use of your personal information;
  3. if you object to the use of your personal information in accordance with the right to object, as set out below;
  4. if we have used your personal information unlawfully; or
  5. if your personal information needs to be erased to comply with a legal obligation.
Right to restrict the use of your personal information

You have the right to suspend our use of your personal information in certain circumstances. For example:

  1. where you think your personal information is inaccurate and only for such period to enable us to verify the accuracy of your personal information;
  2. the use of your personal information is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of your personal information and request that it is suspended instead;
  3. we no longer need your personal information, but your personal information is required by you for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or
  4. you have objected to the use of your personal information and we are verifying whether our grounds for the use of your personal information override your objection.
Right to data portability

You have the right to obtain your personal information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and for it to be transferred to another organisation, where it is technically feasible. The right only applies:

to personal information you provide to us;

where the use of your personal information is based on: your consent; or

for the performance of a contract; and

when the use of your personal information is carried out by automated (i.e. electronic) means.

Right to object to the use of your personal information and direct marketing

You have the right to object to the use of your personal information in certain circumstances. For example:

  1. where you have grounds relating to your particular situation and we use your personal information for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party); and
  2. if you object to the use of your personal information for direct marketing purposes.
Right to withdraw consent (including to direct marketing) You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where we rely on consent to use your personal information.
Right to complain to the relevant data protection authority You have the right to complain to the relevant data protection authority where you think we have not used your personal information in accordance with data protection law. In the case of the National Farmers Union, this would be the Information Commissioner's Office.

More information about our Privacy Notice


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