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One question, "subject access request template", answered with a checker that works on the page with no account, 4 guides on the questions around it, a data table you can cite (the figures and their method), and the sources every figure rests on.

• Subject access request deadline: what Article 12A changed: The one month deadline now runs from the relevant time, and a clarification request stops the clock. Both rules arrived on 5 February 2026 and most guides predate them.
• What to write in a subject access request: There is no prescribed form. Four sentences do the job, and two optional lines make the reply far more useful. What each line is doing and why.
• When a subject access request can be refused or cut down: Manifestly unfounded or excessive, third-party data, confidential references and the listed exemptions. What has to be proved, and by whom.
• Subject access request to an employer: what to expect: Employers hold more about you than almost anyone else and have the most to redact. Where the data actually is, and the two exemptions that come up every time.

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SAR Builder is an independent site operated by Ellul Solutions Ltd. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to the Information Commissioner's Office or any government body, and it is not a law firm. Nothing here is legal advice on an individual request, and the wording it produces is a starting point rather than a document settled for your circumstances. Every statement of law on this site is taken from the text of the legislation on legislation.gov.uk, read on the date shown at the top of the page, and quoted rather than summarised where the wording carries the meaning. The rules described here changed on 5 February 2026 and could change again; the date on this page is when we last read the source.