Data Protection Act 1998
Making a Subject Access Request
If you wish to make a subject access request, your request must be:
- made in writing (this may be in electronic form)
- accompanied by a fee of £10
Before we can act on your request, we must:
- be sure of your identity
- be supplied with information from you in order to locate the information you seek
You are entitled:
- to be informed whether your personal data are being processed by the University of Cambridge
- to have the information constituting the personal data communicated to you
You may apply to access your data in writing in any way you choose. A Subject Access Request Form is made available by the University Data Protection Officer for your convenience.
Download the Subject Access Request form [61KB]On receipt of your completed request and payment of the fee, the University of Cambridge is obliged to respond in 40 days. This period may be extended if we need further information from you or if we need to clear the release of someone else's information that forms part of your record. The information that we give to you will include an explanation of any codes contained in it.
The data will be in its latest form.
If you have any reason to believe that the University of Cambridge has not dealt correctly with you, please first take the matter up with the University Data Protection Officer.
If you are still not satisfied, you should contact the Information Commissioner who is officially appointed to consider such complaints. His address is: Office of the Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.