Course Type
Led by a live instructor, learn virtually (via Microsoft Teams) alongside a small group of other students. Find and book a scheduled course date below.
Please Note
ℹ️ Please be aware that after 18 Nov 2025 our Subject Access Request course is combining with our Redaction & Scrutiny course. You can book a public seat on our Subject Access Request & Redaction Skills course now.
ℹ️ Both our Subject Access Request course and our Redaction & Scrutiny course will still be available separately via our In-House Training packages.
Course Type
Learn online in your own time, and at your own pace via our eLearning platform.
Duration
24 hours worth of learning broken down into bite-sized lessons. Each lesson follows 5/2/2 learning principles.
- 5 minutes of content delivery (video or case scenario).
- 2 minutes of active engagement or activity (tasks and quizzes).
- 2 minutes for learners to repeat or reflect on what they’ve learnt (tasks and quizzes).
Certification
6 CPD Credits, Certificate of Completion & Virtual eLearning Badge
If you’re looking for something more bespoke; if you need to educate a group of people; or if you’d like to schedule in some face-to-face, on-site training, please do contact us. Check out our In-House Training packages.
Public Course Dates
Prices exclude relevant taxes
ℹ️ Please be aware that after 18 Nov 2025 our Subject Access Request course is combining with our Redaction & Scrutiny course. You can book a public seat on our Subject Access Request & Redaction Skills course now.
ℹ️ Both our Subject Access Request course and our Redaction & Scrutiny course will still be available separately via our In-House Training packages.
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Course Overview
Through interaction and practical scenario work, this course will provide you with information to set–up and manage a Subject Access Request (SAR) process.
What you will learn from the course:
- What is a Subject Access Request?
- How to deal with Subject Access Requests
- What information you need to provide
- What you can charge and why
- What an exemption is, why you can exempt and for what purpose.
- How to avoid a data breach through managing your requests
- Further guidance and templates to give you a head start once you leave the course
The day will cover the following topics:
- What is a Subject Access Request?
- GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018
- Receiving and recognising a SAR, including identity checks
- How to manage a SAR
- Timescales and process
- SARs made on behalf of the data subject
- Manifestly unfounded or excessive requests
- What information does the request apply to
- Deceased records and lack of capacity requests
- Search approach
- Automated decision-making including profiling
- Redaction and third-party data
- How should the information be provided?
- Exemptions and withholding information
- Request of removal or erasure of data
- Management and enforcement.
Who should attend?
This course is for any staff that work or are associated with the management of Subject Access Requests.
Suggested Follow on Courses
- Redaction and Scrutiny
- Records Management
- Information Governance
FAQs
As part of our accreditation with the CPD accreditation group, you will receive either 6, 12 or 15 CPD points for each course attended depending on the course.
The Certificate in Managing Data Protection Compliance is a qualification and is the second qualification of a suite of 3 data protection qualifications.
We to try to avoid cancelling face to face courses, however if the number of delegates is below 5 we will offer this a virtual course instead.
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Pre-Pay Option
Don't know what courses you'll need to book just yet?
We offer a pre-pay option, where you can pay now and choose what courses to book later (within a year). This option is both cost efficient and speeds up the booking process. It's really handy for large companies/organisations who have frequent training needs.
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In-House Training
If you're looking to book training for 6 or more people onto the same course, we are able to offer private in-house training – a cost efficient option.
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