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Level C1 Reading focus

What you'll learn

GDPR vocabulary, precise legal qualifications, real conditions, requested actions, and experiential questions.

Clara examines a fitness app and turns four abstract data-protection rights into concrete, carefully bounded requests.

After reading

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Phrases for training

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sin dilación indebida

new

without undue delay

Sin dilación indebida requires action without an unjustified delay.

Useful for deadlines and formal procedures.

en un formato estructurado

new

in a structured format

A structured format organises data according to a consistent scheme.

Important vocabulary for data portability.

no es absoluto

new

is not absolute

No es absoluto means that a right has limits or exceptions.

Useful for making a legally precise qualification.

por defecto

new

by default

Por defecto describes the setting or rule that applies unless it is changed.

Useful for privacy and software settings.

Key words

Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.

Controller

responsable

controller

In the GDPR, the responsable determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.

Essential for identifying who must answer a request.

Processing

tratamiento

processing

Tratamiento covers operations performed on personal data, such as collecting, consulting, or deleting them.

Core vocabulary for data protection.

Extension

prórroga

extension

A prórroga adds time to an original deadline.

Useful in administrative and legal contexts.

Portability

portabilidad

portability

Portabilidad is the conditional right to receive certain personal data in a reusable format.

It names one of the article's central rights.

Erasure

supresión

erasure

Supresión is the deletion of personal data when the legal conditions are met.

It distinguishes erasure from simple hiding.

Consent

consentimiento

consent

Consentimiento is a freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of wishes.

Important for understanding one possible legal basis.

Purpose

finalidad

purpose

Finalidad is the specific objective for which personal data are processed.

It helps evaluate whether data are necessary.

Grammar in context

Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.

Real condition with si

Si confirma que los trata

if it confirms that it processes them

Si plus the present indicative introduces a possible real condition.

Useful for explaining the next step in a procedure.

Request plus subjunctive

puede pedir que se borren sus datos

can request that their data be erased

Pedir que introduces a requested action, so se borren is subjunctive.

Useful for formal requests involving another actor.

Bounded negation

no convierte en ilícito lo anterior

does not make the earlier processing unlawful

No convierte en ilícito limits the effect of withdrawal without denying that withdrawal has future effects.

Useful for precise contrasts over time.

Experiential question

¿Has pedido alguna vez una copia de tus datos?

Have you ever requested a copy of your data?

The present perfect asks about an experience within the speaker's life up to now.