Subject Access Request (SAR). GDPR.

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Dear Ministry of Defence,

Please provide answers to the following questions relating to data Subject Access Requests (SARs)?

1. How many SARs have been made to your organisation in the last recorded 12 month period?
2. Please provide a breakdown of the specific departments/directorates that these SARs relate to.
3. Is there a central response to SARs or is it devolved to the departments involved?
4. How many staff deal with responses - estimate of Full Time Equivalents needed to provide SAR responses (Alternatively - hours per typical SAR response)?
5. Do you have any software to assist with SAR production (e.g. search over multiple unstructured document files, or automatic redaction of Personally Identifiable Information (PII))?
6. Who has budget responsibility over the costs & resources required to respond to the SARs. Please provide Name: Title: Direct Email: Direct Phone Number:

Yours faithfully,

Jenny Bird

Dear Ministry of Defence,

I look forward to the information in due course.

Yours faithfully,

Jenny Bird

Dear Ministry of Defence,

I look forward to receiving the information.

Yours faithfully,

Jenny Bird

CIO-FOI (MULTIUSER), Ministry of Defence

Dear Ms Bird,

Thank you for your message below.

I can confirm that we are still working on this request and will provide you with a full reply shortly.

Yours sincerely

Information rights team

Ministry of Defence

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CIO-FOI (MULTIUSER), Ministry of Defence

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Dear Ms Bird,

 

Please see attached.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Information Rights Team

 

 

Ministry of Defence

J Roberts left an annotation ()

ICO:

'The MoD has been issued with a reprimand following an identified SAR backlog dating back to March 2020. Despite setting up a recovery plan, this backlog has continued to grow, and currently stands at 9,000 SAR requests yet to be responded to. This has meant that, on average, people were typically waiting over 12 months for their information.'

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