Subject Access Request (SAR) letter

BluePanther

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Below is a Subject Access Request (SAR) letter I'm planning to send to one of my creditors. In a nutshell I want a copy of everything they have about me.[/FONT]


Any comments?


Dear Sir/Madam,

Re.: xxxxxx

I am writing to request a copy of all information over the last six years associated with me. The information required should include, but not be limited to:

• any document sent by you to me,
• any document sent by you to a third party,
• any document sent by a third party to you,
• any telephone transcription between you and me, and
• any telephone transcription between you and a third party.

Please find enclosed a fee of £10 for the maximum statutory charge.

If you store any of the information on microfiche, please be aware that the Information Commissioner deems this to be a relevant filing system under the Act. As such, any microfiche data must be sent to me in fully legible and comprehensible form.

I look forward to your response within 40 days, as you are obliged to reply under the Data Protection Act. If not I shall seek remedy from the Information Commissioner.

Yours faithfully,

poorandindenial

Here is the link to the Information Commissioner's advice on accessing info:

Link

The key difference between theirs and yours is that you list types of info and they don't, also they say to send the fee, if requested, later.

That said your letter looks fine too, I just think they may try to sidestep what they have to send somehow and use the list against you.

It is definitely worth highlighting which section of the DPA you are requesting under.

Good luck getting what you need.

BluePanther

poorandindenial: thanks for the link. Now I'm on the horn's of a dilemma; although the options are not particularly unpleasant. I was worried that by not being specific they could 'miss' information, but I hadn't considered that that could also happen if I was specific. Hmmm...