National Digital Identification Act 2024, registered persons' data-subject rights

National Digital Identification Act 2024, No. 3 (Samoa), s. 51 (registered persons' rights)

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In force since 5 February 2024.

A data subject rights rule binding public and private bodies.

As of 7 September 2026.

What it requires

On a registered person's request, confirm without unreasonable delay and at no expense whether personal data relating to them is being stored or processed, and provide a copy in a paper-based or commonly used electronic format.
On a registered person's request, correct or, where correction is not feasible, delete personal data that is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, or misleading, or that the National Digital Identification System or relying party is not entitled to retain.
On a registered person's request, disclose what personal data has been accessed, when, by whom, the purpose, manner and duration of access, how long the data will be stored, and whether any profiling or automated decision-making process is being applied to it.
Implement measures that let a registered person effectively exercise these access, correction, and information rights, and provide a way to lodge a grievance over improper use of their data.

What it reaches

Obligation class

Data subject rights, Disclosure

What this law does

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Section 51(1) gives a registered person the right to obtain from the Registrar General or a relying party, without constraint or unreasonable delay and at no expense, confirmation of whether their personal data is being processed, a copy of it in a paper-based or commonly used electronic format, correction or deletion of inaccurate, out-of-date, incomplete, or misleading data, and detailed information on what data has been accessed, by whom, for what purpose and duration, how long it will be stored, and whether any profiling or automated decision-making process is being applied to it.

Section 51(2) requires the Registrar General and a relying party to implement measures enabling a registered person to exercise these rights effectively. Section 52 clarifies that registration confers no right of citizenship, and section 53 lets a registered person raise a grievance over any improper use of their data.

When LexLint raises it

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Read the law

Text of the National Digital Identification Act 2024, Samoa Bureau of Statistics

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