Exin PDPF Exam - Topic 6 Question 14 Discussion

Actual exam question for Exin's PDPF exam

Question #: 14
Topic #: 6

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A company wishes to use personal data of their customers. They wish to start sending all female customers a customized newsletter. What right do all data subjects have in this scenario?

AThe right to rectification

BThe right to compensation

CThe right to object to profiling

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Suggested Answer: C

The right to compensation. Incorrect. It is unlikely that all data subjects will suffer harm that must be compensated in this scenario.

The right to object to profiling. Correct. All data subjects have a right to object to the processing of personal data for direct marketing, including profiling. This is clearly profiling. (Literature: A, Chapter 4)

The right to rectification. Incorrect. It is unlikely that the company has incorrect data on all data subjects, so the right to rectification does not apply.

by Ezekiel at May 04, 2022, 06:03 AM

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Virgina

4 months ago

Right to rectification is also important, but not the main issue here.

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Lura

5 months ago

Not sure if that's legal, sounds a bit off to me.

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Lottie

5 months ago

Wait, can they really just send newsletters like that?

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Kattie

5 months ago

Totally agree, profiling without consent is sketchy!

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Lonny

5 months ago

They have the right to object to profiling.

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Sharan

5 months ago

This reminds me of a practice question where we discussed the implications of consent and profiling. I think the right to object is definitely a key point.

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Iraida

5 months ago

I feel like the right to compensation doesn't really fit this scenario, but I could be wrong.

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Emiko

5 months ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I remember something about the right to rectification being important for correcting personal data.

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Dick

5 months ago

I think the right to object to profiling might be relevant here since they're using personal data for targeted newsletters.

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Huey

5 months ago

Hmm, I'm not entirely sure about this one. I know the logs are stored somewhere, but I'm not familiar with the exact file paths or console navigation. I'll have to think this through carefully.

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Nikita

5 months ago

Hmm, I'm not totally sure about this one. I'll need to review my notes on internal controls and fraud schemes to figure out the best approach.

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Osvaldo

5 months ago

I'm confident the answer is False. XMPP management requires specific configuration to be enabled.

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