Annual Credit Report Request Form

According to the revised guidance, which entered into force alongside GDPR in May 2018, in most cases the information required in the context of an application for access to subject areas must be made available free of cost, but in certain cases companies may levy an administrative burden if an application is "manifestly groundless, excessively high or repetitive".

Every single one of us can request any information that a business has about itself and that is saved on a computer and/or in hard copy files that can be readily accessed (e.g. in a file cabinet). In order to make a request for access to the topic, you must contact in writing the entity or body that keeps your information and pay the appropriate charge.

Any organization can urge you to fill out its own copy of a Subject Access Request Form, as this ensures that you provide it with enough information to promptly answer, even though the Act allows you to make a request with a single deed. For most other cases, any other business must answer an access request within 40 working days, and if the business needs further information to make this possible, it must promptly request further information necessary to meet the access request.

Can I request information from my work? This right may be used against any business that has information about you, both your present and former employees. From May 2018 Subject Access Requests can in most cases be applied for free of charge. There is a 40-day period within which businesses can reply once the information has been sent.

However, in most cases you will probably receive the information you require within about a month of your request.