Under Article 80(1) of the GDPR, individuals can elect to be represented by not-for-profit organizations in a privacy group litigation or class action. These organizations are commonly known as?

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• ALaw firm organizations.
• BCivil society organizations.
• CHuman rights organizations.
• DConstitutional rights organizations.

• A
  4% (2)
• B
  87% (40)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  7% (3)

Explanation

Article 80(1) of the GDPR states that the data subject shall have the right to mandate a not-for- profit body, organisation or association which has been properly constituted in accordance with the law of a Member State, has statutory objectives which are in the public interest, and is active in the field of the protection of data subjects' rights and freedoms with regard to the protection of their personal data to lodge the complaint on his or her behalf, to exercise the rights referred to in Articles 77, 78 and 79 on his or her behalf, and to exercise the right to receive compensation referred to in Article 82 on his or her behalf. These not-for-profit bodies, organisations or associations are commonly referred to as civil society organizations, as they represent the interests of citizens and groups in the public sphere.

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