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Information Commissioner consults on subject access guidance

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Published on: 24 December 2019

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Table of contents

What does the new guidance contain?
Are there any significant omissions?
When are requests valid?
How should controllers check data subject’s identities?
What are the rules for subject access request generator sites?
How should information be organised in order to respond to SARs?
What is the time limit for response?
How should bulk requests be handled?
What are the extent of measures that an organisation must use to retrieve data?
What are the exemptions?

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Article summary

Information Law analysis: The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a consultation on new, draft, guidance on dealing with subject access requests (SARs). The call for comments closes at 5pm Wednesday, 12 February 2020. Stephanie Creed and Ruth Boardman of Bird & Bird LLP explain the latest developments.

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