Personal data - Blocking of data

Every public body of the Federal Government, the State of Hesse, the municipalities and districts is obliged to block the data stored about you if

• you dispute the accuracy of the stored data and neither the accuracy nor the inaccuracy can be established
• its processing is inadmissible and deletion would impair your ability to exercise your rights.

What happens after the data is blocked?

Blocking the data means that it may only be processed without your consent in exceptional cases regulated by law. The recipients of the transferred data must be informed of the blocking of your data, unless the notification proves to be impossible or requires a disproportionately high effort.

The same applies if the public body stores data about you in files without permission or if your data stored in files is no longer required for the fulfillment of tasks. This also applies if destroying the entire file is out of the question and your interests worthy of protection would be impaired without blocking.

Miscellaneous

According to Section 35 of the Federal Data Protection Act, you also have a right to block the data stored about you vis-à-vis non-public bodies (i.e. companies) if

• in the event of your request for deletion, the deletion conflicts with legal, statutory or contractual retention periods,
• there is reason to assume that deletion would impair your legitimate interests,
• deletion is not possible or only possible with disproportionate effort due to the special type of storage
• you dispute their accuracy and neither their accuracy nor their inaccuracy can be established.

Contact the office that has stored data about you.

You can initiate the blocking of data by submitting a request to the respective body (authority or company) that has stored data about you. The request can be made informally in writing, verbally, by telephone or electronically.

The application is free of charge for you.