ODPC guidance is:
A Data Controller must comply with a subject access request promptly and in
any event within 40 days of receipt of the request or, IF LATER, within 40
days of receipt of:-
1. the information required to check the identity of the person making the
request and to locate the information requested AND
2. the fee
Alex Mitchell
North Lanarkshire Council
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Subject: 40 days or not 40 days that is t
Date: 31 January 2001
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From: Stuart Roderick GBSAFE00 HR Systems
Subject: 40 days or not 40 days that is the Q
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Dear All,
Under the DPA98 we have to comply within 40 days of receiving a request from
an individual.
My question is this- What happens if the individual does not supply
sufficient
data on their letter to enable us to search for them on our systems. If we
respond to their request and ask for more details and they take 38 days to
respond can we start the 40 days from the date of their response or is it
from
the initial date of the 1st letter??
Many thanks for your help
Stuart
Stuart Roderick
HR Systems Executive
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