or otherwise electronically processed

English translation: your understanding is correct

18:20 Nov 15, 2012

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)

English term or phrase: or otherwise electronically processed

Hello everyone,

When you are an inmate of one of the institutions of the Prison and Probation Service, personal data about you will be collected and processed electronically.
Pursuant to the Act on Processing of Personal Data you can make use of the following rights:

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Right to demand correction, erasure or blocking of data which are inaccurate, misleading or otherwise electronically processed in contravention of legislation.

What does "or otherwise electronically processed in contravention of legislation" imply?

My understanding is as follows: there are data that should not be processed electronically and if they were processed electronically, it should be deemed as violation of the legislation (their processing contravenes the legislation)/

Thank you.

Mikhail Korolev KudoZ activity Questions: 2414 (none open) (10 closed without grading) Answers: 130
Local time: 17:19

Selected answer:your understanding is correct

Explanation:
yes!

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Note added at 3 mins (2012-11-15 18:23:39 GMT)
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contravention=should not have been done

... so the electronic processing was illegal

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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-11-15 20:35:39 GMT)
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I didn't mean, and I don't think you did either , that ALL electronic data is illegal or can be changed or deleted. It is just the data that is "inaccurate and misleading" (followed by) "or otherwise"= ...i.e. any OTHER thing that is wrong with the data ( maybe the way it was collected or the purpose it was collected for or how it was used...

Still think your basic understanding is right

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Note added at 19 hrs (2012-11-16 13:47:14 GMT)
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yes, in answer to omitting "otherwise". It is not absolutely necessary and meaning would be the same if it were omitted. However, it is more usual to include it (as meaning "in any other way that might have happened/been performed" ) I think. It is like covering all the angles or closing any loopholes

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Note added at 19 hrs (2012-11-16 13:49:52 GMT)
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or for "otherwise..."

"data (your sentence) that should not have been processed electronically in the first place".

Selected response from:

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 15:19

Grading comment

Many thanks to everyone.
Thank you, gallagy2.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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your understanding is not quite correct

Tony M

your understanding is correct

Yvonne Gallagher

Discussion entries: 1

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20 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

your understanding is not quite correct

Explanation:
I don't think you've quite hit the mark there, Asker.

It is clear that these data are already being processed electronically — it says so at the beginning.

I believe everything hangs here on the meaning of 'otherwise'; I think this needs to be understood in its historical, literal meaning of 'in another way'; so what they are saying is that the basic electronic handling of the data is OK, but if it is electronically processed in some other way, which would contravene the applicable laws, then you have a right to get your details deleted etc.

Tony M
France
Local time: 16:19
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 84

2 mins confidence:

your understanding is correct

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 15:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 127

Grading comment

Many thanks to everyone.
Thank you, gallagy2.

Notes to answerer

Asker: Yes, you're right, I meant that some of the processed data could have been illegal because they should not have been processed electronically in the first place.

Asker: By the way, is it possible to leave out "otherwise" altogether while retaining the meaning?

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