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  • KittenChops
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    @whalemoney

    What about a SAR to VM?  If they ignore that, at least you could report them to the ICO
  • whalemoney
    whalemoney Posts: 156 Forumite
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    KittenChops said:
    @whalemoney

    What about a SAR to VM?  If they ignore that, at least you could report them to the ICO
    Hi thanks for the message but what does SAR to VM mean?

    Thanks
  • Ectophile
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    whalemoney said:
    KittenChops said:
    @whalemoney

    What about a SAR to VM?  If they ignore that, at least you could report them to the ICO
    Hi thanks for the message but what does SAR to VM mean?

    Thanks

    Subject Access Request.  A formal request for all the information they hold on you.
    If it sticks, force it.
    If it breaks, well it wasn't working right anyway.
  • whalemoney
    whalemoney Posts: 156 Forumite
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    Ectophile said:
    whalemoney said:
    KittenChops said:
    @whalemoney

    What about a SAR to VM?  If they ignore that, at least you could report them to the ICO
    Hi thanks for the message but what does SAR to VM mean?

    Thanks

    Subject Access Request.  A formal request for all the information they hold on you.
    Good idea!  Would this include the calls and emails record that I imagine they'd hold?

    Also, who would I report them to when they choose to ignore my request?

    Thanks
  • DullGreyGuy
    DullGreyGuy Posts: 18,613 Forumite
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    whalemoney said:
    Ectophile said:
    whalemoney said:
    KittenChops said:
    @whalemoney

    What about a SAR to VM?  If they ignore that, at least you could report them to the ICO
    Hi thanks for the message but what does SAR to VM mean?

    Thanks

    Subject Access Request.  A formal request for all the information they hold on you.
    Good idea!  Would this include the calls and emails record that I imagine they'd hold?

    Also, who would I report them to when they choose to ignore my request?

    Thanks
    It depends what you ask for... you can ask for absolutely everything which is always more difficult and time consuming or you can be more targeted in your request which inevitably makes life easier for everyone. 

    The Information Commissioners Office oversees data protection which the SAR request falls within. 
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