DSGVO Disclosure in the Register

The 'DSGVO Disclosure in the Register' refers to the right, under Article 15 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), to receive detailed information from the competent registry court about the personal data stored there. Although commercial, association, or cooperative registers are publicly accessible under § 10 of the German Commercial Code (HGB) and thus fall under the exception for 'public registers,' the right to disclosure remains a central right of the data subject. Applicants, such as managing directors, authorized signatories, or shareholders, can request information on the type, scope, purpose, and legal basis of processing, recipients, storage periods, as well as their right to rectification, erasure, or restriction. The registry court must provide the DSGVO disclosure free of charge, transparently, and in a common electronic format.