freesewing/markdown/org/docs/about/rights/en.md

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title: Your rights as a FreeSewing user
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Freesewing applies the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union (EU).

EU citizen or not, as a FreeSewing user you have the following rights:

- [The right to be informed](#the-right-to-be-informed)
- [The right of access](#the-right-of-access)
- [The right to rectification](#the-right-to-rectification)
- [The right to erasure](#the-right-to-erasure)
- [The right to restrict processing](#the-right-to-restrict-processing)
- [The right to data portability](#the-right-to-data-portability)
- [The right to object](#the-right-to-object)
- [Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling](#rights-in-relation-to-automated-decision-making-and-profiling)

## The right to be informed

You have the right to be informed about the collection and use of your personal data.

<Tip>
Read [our privacy notice](/docs/about/privacy/) to inform yourself about the collection and use of your personal data.
</Tip>

## The right of access

You have the right to access your personal data.

<Tip>

Go to [/account](/account/) to access your personal data.
</Tip>

## The right to rectification

You have the right to rectify your personal data, or complete it if it is incomplete.

<Tip>

Go to [/account](/account/) to rectify or complete your personal data.
</Tip>

## The right to erasure

You have the right to have your personal data erased.

<Tip>
Go to [/account/remove](/account/remove/) to remove all your data.
</Tip>

## The right to restrict processing

You have the right to request a restriction on the processing of your personal data.

<Tip>
Go to [/account/restrict](/account/restrict/) to request FreeSewing restricts processing of your personal data.
</Tip>

<Warning>

Your request will be granted immediately, and can only be undone by [contacting support](/support/) to lift the restriction.

</Warning>

## The right to data portability

You have the right to obtain and reuse your personal data for your own purposes or across different services.

<Tip>
Go to [/account/actions/export](/account/export/) to export your personal data.
</Tip>

## The right to object

You have the right to object to your personal data being used for scientific research.

<Tip>
Go to [/account/consent](/account/consent/) and unselect **Share anonymized measurements as open data** to do so.
</Tip>

<Note>

The right to object is broader, but this is how it applies to FreeSewing.

</Note>

## Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling

This right does not apply to FreeSewing as we do not use automated decision making or profiling.