Your GDPR Rights: How to Make Companies Delete Your Personal Data
Most people know GDPR as the reason for endless cookie banners. What they don't realize is that the same law hands them genuinely powerful, legally enforceable rights over their personal data — and that companies face serious fines for ignoring a properly made request. If you live in the EU, EEA, or UK (under UK GDPR), these rights are yours today. This guide shows you exactly how to use them, including what to write. The first subject access request I sent came back as a multi-page PDF. The section worth reading closely is not the data you knowingly provided — it is the inferred and derived data, which is where companies record what they have concluded about you. Your Eight Rights Under GDPR Right of access — get a copy of all personal data a company holds on you Right to rectification — have inaccurate data corrected Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten") — have your data deleted Right to restrict processing — freeze how your data is used while a di...