Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR)

In today’s world, organizations generate significant amounts of material containing personal data that will need to be collated, reviewed and processed when responding to a DSAR. Responding to a DSAR within the short deadline of one month can be challenging. It will require understanding the request, running searches, identifying relevant documents and redacting sensitive data, which may not be possible to do efficiently with common IT platforms.

At BSI, we deliver comprehensive DSAR support services to clients around the globe. We combine our unrivalled experience with the most advanced technologies and industry-leading best practices to deliver repeatable, defensible results. To help manage your DSAR requirements, be it a one-off DSAR case or multiple cases per year, we offer bespoke DSAR package options to meet the needs of every organization.

Clock is ticking: Has your organization ever received a data subject request? Were you struggling with data subject access request and provide the required information within the one month deadline?

Process and audit: Do you have a set of processes in place to handle these requests and defend the output?

Data mapping: Would you know how to search for the data and where the data sits?

Human resources: Did you need to pull resources from their core work to respond to a DSAR or decide to hire external resources to help with the workload?

DSARs are a simple concept and a consumer or an employee should be able to know what personal data an organization holds about them. With the requirements of the GDPR, organizations should know where their data is stored and what this contains.