From Request to Response: Navigating Subject Access Requests the Smart Way

Handling Subject Access Requests (SARs) can be one of the most challenging aspects of data protection compliance, especially when deadlines are tight and requests are complex.

In this practical session, our experts will guide you through the full SAR lifecycle, from recognising a valid request to delivering a compliant response. You’ll learn how to manage the process efficiently, avoid common mistakes, and apply best practice techniques to handle SARs with confidence.

This session will cover:

• Spotting a SAR: How to recognise a valid request and know when the clock starts ticking.
• Managing the Process: Practical Steps for gathering, reviewing, and responding efficiently.
• Avoiding Common Pitfalls: Learn where things often go wrong - and how to stay on track. 
• Best Practice Tips: Tried-and-tested ways to handle SARs with confidence and compliance.

Let us introduce you to this week's professional speaker

Daniel Richardson

Daniel is a Data Protection Consultant with Judicium’s Data Protection Team. After completing an undergraduate degree in Medical Microbiology with Immunology at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne he chose to cross qualify as a solicitor, allowing him the opportunity to help people more directly with his knowledge and experience than he ever could have from a laboratory.

Dan subsequently spent many years practicing mainly as a solicitor, working on a significant number of Data Protection claims, he later brought the benefit of this experience helping people to enforce their data rights to Judicium’s data protection team. Dan currently assists schools navigating the complex data protection landscape, using his experience of bringing data protection related claims to avoid these emerging in the first place. Outside of work, Dan enjoys travelling, particularly with a good book to accompany him, and enjoys playing and following football, despite the misfortune of being born a fan of Sunderland AFC.