Subject access request (SAR)
consultancy SERVICE
Ensure Compliance
with our SAR consultancy Services
SAR CONSULTANCY SERVICES
We understand the challenges organisations face when managing Subject Access Requests (SARs), and navigating the complexities of data protection regulations. As part of our Subject Access Request Support Services, our SAR Consultancy Service is designed to help you streamline your SAR processes, providing expert advice and support to improve your capacity and capability for handling SARs effectively.
Rather than simply handling the request, our SAR consulting focuses on equipping your organisation with the tools, processes, and knowledge required to manage SARs in-house. This includes providing expert advice on the verification of requests, data discovery, redaction and use of exemptions, drafting responses to data subjects, and optimisation of SAR procedures to help your team manage even the most complex SARs with confidence and compliance.
We offer a flexible solution to be able to ensure you have access to the ad-hoc Subject Access Request support you need. Our SAR Consultancy Service works how you want it to, invest in small amounts of time that you can use as and when required, or scale up for a monthly retainer that can support even the most demanding, and complex SARs efficiently. Get in touch with us for a free consultation to see how we can help.
What's Included?
- A dedicated account manager to ensure a smooth and efficient process.
- Development and streamlining of scalable SAR processes and procedures to increase capacity and efficiency.
- Quality control checks on redactions, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
- Legal and compliance support, ensuring your SAR processes align with GDPR and other relevant laws.
- Comprehensive SAR advice covering verification, data discovery, redactions, responses to data subjects, and communications with the ICO.
- Flexible monthly hour allowance tailored to your organisation’s needs.
- Collaborative sessions and training to enhance your team’s SAR handling capabilities.
CASE STUDY
REDACTION SERVICES
MUSEUM WALES approached DPAS, looking for Subject Access Redaction support.
DPAS carried out the conversion and redaction for Museum Wales ensuring they were provided with full explanations regarding the decisions made when choosing which data to redact.
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When faced with a complex Subject Access Request we went out to the market to look for a provider that had the knowledge and experience to complete the data conversion and redaction on our behalf.
We were impressed with the team at DPAS from the offset and entrusted them to deliver the required redacted documents within the legal timeframes and had every confidence in their advice. We wouldn’t hesitate using the team at DPAS again.
KRISTINA ENTICOTT
MUSEUM WALES
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We decided to use DPAS because we felt they were a good fit for the BOXPARK brand, being a boutique data protection advisory company. Since the commencement of the project, we have received fantastic service delivered by a great team - making a highly complex project easy to digest. They hit every deadline and continue to provide us easy-to-understand data protection advice and support.
They went out of their way to support me in a short timeframe, not only to fulfil my data privacy criteria - which included more complex special category data processing - but also with trusted legal support, which - being all under one DPAS roof - was easier to access and significantly more time and cost effective.
We enlisted DPAS to help with our journey to GDPR compliance, as we didn't have the resources and skills within our team. DPAS' approach was thorough, efficient and remarkably unobtrusive from an operations perspective. Post completion of the project, we had a clearer idea of the risks and issues that attend GDPR compliance directly, and could tidy up in-house data processing to ensure we are more efficient as a business.
On top of an already demanding workload, we had a new system integration, a merger to form a new Trust, and the impact of COVID to deal with. DPAS really helped to take the pressure off by assisting with complex SARs, and DPIAs. With no idea how many SARs you may receive, having the ability to flex by using additional resources can be quite useful. Knowing I can rely on Charlotte's support with DPIAs and data sharing agreements really takes the pressure off. It's really helpful having someone that can take the time out to review requests.
Bristol Airport have worked closely with DPAS for several years, and they have been instrumental in providing their services, helping us to deliver transformative projects across our airport.
DPAS have been hugely helpful in recent years, in ensuring that SWAST are doing our best and continuing to comply with information governance best practice and compliance. From our experience, every one of the team is knowledgeable and extremely competent. We have benefited from a range of services from DPAS and specifically with them acting as our Data Protection Officer. They have offered training and advice, and added to our Information Governance capacity, which was welcome and much needed.
We were looking for an independent review and audit of our data processing activities and policies across the Rhodes Trust and our partner programmes. When we went to the market, DPAS impressed us with the breadth and depth of the services they offered. We are a relatively complex organisation, but the DPAS team quickly understood how our work fits together, and throughout the audit process, I’ve appreciated the expertise of each member of the team that we’ve worked with. Their advice throughout has been reassuringly thorough, pragmatic, and tailored to our needs.
The University of Exeter Students’ Guild were keen to ensure we were delivering our GDPR commitment on time and on track. We therefore needed a qualified Data Protection Officer to monitor our progress, provide assurance that we were on the road to compliance, and maintain the role going forward. We sourced DPAS as they were local and have 20 years of data protection experience. We are very happy with the high standards of service received, and the training provided was not only delivered professionally, but completely tailored to our business type. I highly recommend Data Privacy Advisory if you have GDPR worries or you are considering having a Data Protection Officer look after your organisation.
DPAS provides us with excellent, responsive advice when we need to supplement our in-house resource – a great, reliable service when we need it most.
When faced with a complex Subject Access Request, we went out to the market to look for a provider that had the knowledge and experience to complete the data conversion and redaction on our behalf. We were impressed with the team at DPAS from the offset and entrusted them to deliver the required redacted documents within the legal timeframes. We found the team responsive and also accommodating when we needed tweaks to how the final information was presented – I wouldn’t hesitate using the team at DPAS again.
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