Responding to data subject requests
Right of access: Data subject access requests (or DSARs) are part and parcel of day-to-day compliance with data protection laws. In addition to their existing rights to privacy, individuals (or data subjects) have a right to request the information that a company holds on them. This request could come from employees, former employees, customers, suppliers or any other individuals that your business holds personal data about.
Other legal rights: As well as the right of access, data subjects also have a number of other rights under data protection laws, including the right to rectification, right to erasure, right to data portability and right to restrict processing.
Obligation to respond: When a data subject submits a data subject request, you are obliged to respond to it and failure to do so will be a breach of data protection laws. To help ensure consistency in responses and compliance with data protection laws, Docue’s subject access request letter template can be used.
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When to use: You should use this subject access request letter when responding to a data subject access request, or another request by a data subject to exercise their rights under data protection laws. This document assumes that you are a UK-incorporated company and that English law applies.
Model content for every situation: This document is dynamic and can be adapted to suit a range of different situations, including:
- confirmation of receipt of a DSAR (including a request for clarification);
- confirmation of ID of the data subject;
- extension of time notification for responding to the DSAR (or other data subject request); and
- a refusal response to the DSAR (or other data subject request).
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