Data Subject Access Requests
It is now almost standard practice for an employee to submit a Data Subject Access Request (DSAR) when a grievance or dispute arises.
Whilst most are motivated to obtain early disclosure in prospective litigation, that is not a basis on which an employer can refuse to respond to a DSAR. There are however a number of significant and important restrictions to the data that the employee is entitled to, the time limit within which the employer has to respond and any payments that can be required of the employee for the purposes of compliance.
We are very experienced in providing advice on the employer’s obligations and the legitimate grounds on which responses can be curtailed and managed. We have access to paralegals based in South Africa who can provide cost effective assistance with data management, the redaction of documents and application of search terms to a data set and we can provide technical support for businesses which can otherwise find such requests overwhelming to manage.
