A challenging economic situation is prompting contentious staffing decisions. The rise of hybrid work has led employers to generate more information in more places about employees. Against this ...

What are data subject access requests? Under the Data Protection Act 1998, employees can, as “data subjects”, make data subject access requests in relation to information that is held about them. Data ...

If you’re not accustomed to handling data subject access requests (DSARs), then it’s understandable if you feel a bit nervous about responding. After all, there are all sorts of legal requirements ...

Charles Wynn-Evans of Dechert LLP reports on some recent decisions on subject access requests, which will give employers food for thought. We’ve already looked at how subject access requests – when ...

What are subject access requests and why are they contentious? Subject access requests (SARs) are requests made by individuals to obtain a copy of their personal data held by an organisation. They are ...

The right of access, commonly known as a subject access request (SAR), gives individuals the right to access personal information held about them by an organisation under data protection law. A ...

As the deadline approached last year, companies scrambled to update their data protection practices. As it happened, some companies did get fined for non-compliance. Following a long period of ...

With GDPR came an update to the subject access request policy. What should you do if a customer or an employee sends you one? It’s only one part of GDPR and data protection, but a subject access ...