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Art.20 — Right to data portability

medium data-subject-rights

Requirement

Where processing is based on consent or contract and carried out by automated means, the data subject has the right to receive their data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller.

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
portabilityexportmachine-readablemachine readable
Required element 2 — any one of
jsoncsvxmlstructureddownload
Supporting terms — specificity signals
self-serviceapitransmitanother controller

Equivalent controls elsewhere

Matched on shared topics. Satisfying this control usually moves these too.

FrameworkControlTitleShared topics
CCPA/CPRA 1798.110 & 1798.115 Right to know and access data-subject-rights
CCPA/CPRA 1798.125 Non-discrimination and financial incentives data-subject-rights
CCPA/CPRA 1798.130(a)(1)-(2) Methods for requests and 45-day response data-subject-rights
CCPA/CPRA Regs (ADMT) Automated decision-making technology for significant decisions data-subject-rights
NDPA 2023 s.34(1)(a)-(c) Right of access and rectification data-subject-rights
NDPA 2023 s.38 Right to data portability data-subject-rights
NDPA 2023 s.36-37 Objection and automated decision-making data-subject-rights
CCPA/CPRA 1798.105 Right to delete data-subject-rights