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Rights of the data subject

GDPR affords EU data subjects with eight rights, namely, the rights of confirmation, access, rectification, to be forgotten, restriction of processing, portability and to object.

Certain provisions of the GDPR do not apply to personal data consisting of information that the controller has a legal obligation to make available to the public, to the extent that the application of those provisions would prevent the controller from complying with that obligation. Since the Registrar General is required to make information available to the public, the Registrar is entitled to rely on this exemption.

This exemption was introduced with the Data Protection Act 2018. In the GDPR and LED Implementing Regulation (Schedule 9, Part 1, Para 6): “Information required to be disclosed by law etc. or in connection with legal proceedings” including prospective legal proceedings or otherwise necessary for the purpose of establishing exercising or defending legal rights. These exemptions extend to almost all of the Registrar’s functions under the Land Registration Act 1982. 

Accordingly, the Registrar General for the purposes of the Land Registration Act 1982 has an exemption of:

  • the requirement to provide ‘privacy notices’ to individuals
  • the requirement to provide personal data in response to subject access requests
  • the requirement to rectify personal data when it is inaccurate
  • the requirement to comply with requests to be ‘forgotten’

The Land Registrar will not be able to comply with any exercise of these GDPR rights in respect of personal data appearing on the Land Register.

While a data subject has the right to free access to their information, access to data in the Land Registry is governed by the Land Registration Fees Order 2019, which is covered as well by GDPR and LED Implementing Regulation (Schedule 9, Part 1, Para 6).

Any subject requests or requests to assert any rights will be examined individually.

If you have any queries or concerns about this, please contact the DPO at:

Address: Data Protection Officer,
Department for Enterprise,
St George’s Court,
Upper Church Street,
Douglas,
Isle of Man,
IM1 1EX

Telephone: +44 1624 686733

Email: DPO-DfE@gov.im

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