England and Wales commercial and regulatory procedures
When must a controller respond to a UK GDPR rights request?
Without undue delay and ordinarily one month beginning with the relevant time. Provide information on action taken or give the required refusal information. Article 12A now defines the clock. Necessary identification, an eligible extension and a justified access-request clarification pause must be established separately.
- Period
- Without undue delay and ordinarily one month beginning with the relevant time
- Trigger
- Latest applicable receipt, requested identity-information or permitted fee-payment event
- Rule
- Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance), Articles 12(3)–(6) and 12A
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance), Articles 12(3)–(6) and 12A. The retained source governs provide information on action taken or give the required refusal information. Article 12A now defines the clock. Necessary identification, an eligible extension and a justified access-request clarification pause must be established separately.
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Article 12A now defines the clock. Necessary identification, an eligible extension and a justified access-request clarification pause must be established separately. Use the statutory month, not 30 days. Article 12A(5) excludes the inclusive clarification-request-to-receipt interval where its conditions are satisfied. The actual latest applicable receipt, requested identity-information or permitted fee-payment event and required completion must be established before using a final date.
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance), Articles 12(3)–(6) and 12AWhat lawyers say
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When must a controller respond to a UK GDPR rights request?
Without undue delay and ordinarily one month beginning with the relevant time. Provide information on action taken or give the required refusal information. Article 12A now defines the clock. Necessary identification, an eligible extension and a justified access-request clarification pause must be established separately.
Responsible actor. Controller receiving a rights request.
Latest applicable receipt, requested identity-information or permitted fee-payment event.
Article 12A now defines the clock. Necessary identification, an eligible extension and a justified access-request clarification pause must be established separately.
Article 12A now defines the clock. Necessary identification, an eligible extension and a justified access-request clarification pause must be established separately.
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance), Articles 12(3)–(6) and 12AHow does this provision count time?
- Provide information on action taken or give the required refusal information.
- Use the statutory month, not 30 days. Article 12A(5) excludes the inclusive clarification-request-to-receipt interval where its conditions are satisfied.
- Article 12A now defines the clock. Necessary identification, an eligible extension and a justified access-request clarification pause must be established separately.
Use the statutory month, not 30 days. Article 12A(5) excludes the inclusive clarification-request-to-receipt interval where its conditions are satisfied.
Use the statutory month, not 30 days. Article 12A(5) excludes the inclusive clarification-request-to-receipt interval where its conditions are satisfied. Article 12A now defines the clock. Necessary identification, an eligible extension and a justified access-request clarification pause must be established separately.
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance), Articles 12(3)–(6) and 12AWhich facts prevent one automatic date?
Article 12A now defines the clock. Necessary identification, an eligible extension and a justified access-request clarification pause must be established separately. Use the statutory month, not 30 days. Article 12A(5) excludes the inclusive clarification-request-to-receipt interval where its conditions are satisfied. The actual latest applicable receipt, requested identity-information or permitted fee-payment event and required completion must be established before using a final date.
The controller receiving a rights request has established the applicable procedure and latest applicable receipt, requested identity-information or permitted fee-payment event. Article 12A now defines the clock. Necessary identification, an eligible extension and a justified access-request clarification pause must be established separately. Provide information on action taken or give the required refusal information. Without undue delay and ordinarily one month beginning with the relevant time. No computed final date is supplied.
A proposed completion raises a nonbusiness-day or time-boundary question for provide information on action taken or give the required refusal information. Use the statutory month, not 30 days. Article 12A(5) excludes the inclusive clarification-request-to-receipt interval where its conditions are satisfied. Resolve this boundary under the identified provision and actual completion route. Use the statutory month, not 30 days. Article 12A(5) excludes the inclusive clarification-request-to-receipt interval where its conditions are satisfied.
The controller reasonably needs information to identify the access request’s subject matter. Article 12A now defines the clock. Necessary identification, an eligible extension and a justified access-request clarification pause must be established separately. Article 12A now defines the clock. Necessary identification, an eligible extension and a justified access-request clarification pause must be established separately. No automatic final date follows from this scenario.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Applicable procedure and actual event
- Article 12A now defines the clock. Necessary identification, an eligible extension and a justified access-request clarification pause must be established separately.
- Counting and completion boundary
- Use the statutory month, not 30 days. Article 12A(5) excludes the inclusive clarification-request-to-receipt interval where its conditions are satisfied.
- Article 12A now defines the clock. Necessary identification, an eligible extension and a justified access-request clarification pause must be established separately.
- Controller receiving a rights request. Latest applicable receipt, requested identity-information or permitted fee-payment event. Provide information on action taken or give the required refusal information. Use the statutory month, not 30 days. Article 12A(5) excludes the inclusive clarification-request-to-receipt interval where its conditions are satisfied.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When must a controller respond to a UK GDPR rights request?
Does receipt always start the final month?
Article 12A(2) uses the latest applicable request, identity-information and fee-payment event.
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance), Articles 12(3)–(6) and 12ADoes a vague request always stop time?
No. Article 12A(5) requires reasonably needed information identifying the information or processing activities.
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance), Articles 12(3)–(6) and 12AIs the response period 30 days?
No. The applicable period is one month.
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance), Articles 12(3)–(6) and 12ACan the controller wait until the outer limit without reason?
No. Article 12 also requires action without undue delay.
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance), Articles 12(3)–(6) and 12ADoes refusing the request remove the communication duty?
Article 12(4) requires timely refusal reasons and remedy information.
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance), Articles 12(3)–(6) and 12ACan the controller charge for every request?
No. Article 12(5) sets the permitted fee or refusal conditions.
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance), Articles 12(3)–(6) and 12AOfficial sources and review
Provisions used (1)
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| Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance), Articles 12(3)–(6) and 12A | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |