Requirement
Consumers may request correction of inaccurate personal information, and the business uses commercially reasonable efforts to correct it, taking into account the nature and purposes of the information.
What the engine looks for
Every group below must be satisfied — by an affirmative statement, not a plan, a hedge or a denial — for the control to count as covered. A term ending in … matches any word it begins. Supporting terms do not change the verdict — they raise confidence and distinguish a policy that names a mechanism from one that gestures at a category.
Required element 1 — any one of
correctcorrectionrectif…update inaccurateinaccurate
Required element 2 — any one of
requestrequestsverifiable consumer requestconsumer requestconsumer requestsaskasksright to correct
Supporting terms — specificity signals
1798.106commercially reasonableregs 7023
Equivalent controls elsewhere
Matched on shared topics. Satisfying this control usually moves these too.
| Framework | Control | Title | Shared topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDPR | Art.16 | Right to rectification | data-subject-rights integrity |
| GDPR | Art.5(1)(d) | Accuracy | integrity |
| GDPR | Art.12 | Transparent communication and handling of rights requests | data-subject-rights |
| GDPR | Art.15 | Right of access | data-subject-rights |
| GDPR | Art.17 | Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) | data-subject-rights |
| GDPR | Art.18 | Right to restriction of processing | data-subject-rights |
| GDPR | Art.19 | Notifying recipients of rectification, erasure or restriction | data-subject-rights |
| GDPR | Art.20 | Right to data portability | data-subject-rights |