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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1961/article-4",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2018/1961",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision (EU) 2018/1961 of 11 December 2018 laying down internal rules concerning the provision of information to data subjects and the restriction of certain of their rights in the context of the processing of personal data for the purpose of internal audit activities",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1961",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Right of access by data subjects, right of erasure and right to restriction of processing",
  "text": "1. Where the Commission restricts, wholly or partly, the right of access to personal data by data subjects, the right of erasure, or the right to restriction of processing as referred to in Articles 17, 19 and 20 respectively of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 it shall inform the data subject concerned, in its reply to the request for access, erasure or restriction of processing, of the restriction applied and of the principal reasons therefore, and of the possibility of lodging a complaint with the European Data Protection Supervisor or of seeking a judicial remedy in the Court of Justice of the European Union.\n2. The provision of information concerning the reasons for the restriction referred to in paragraph 1 of this article may be deferred, omitted or denied for as long as it would undermine the purpose of the restriction.\n3. The Commission shall record the reasons for the restriction in accordance with Article 6 of this Decision.\n4. Where the right of access is wholly or partly restricted, the data subject shall exercise his or her right of access through the intermediary of the European Data Protection Supervisor, in accordance with Article 25 (6), (7) and (8) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/1961/article/4",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}