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Personal data access request

Ask an organisation for a copy of your personal data and how it is used.

Your full name
Your email, for the reply

18 October 2026

The organisation

Subject: Request for access to my personal data

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am asking for a copy of the personal data you hold about me, and for information about how you use it, as data protection law allows.

Please send me:

  1. a copy of all the personal data you hold about me, including data in emails, notes, call recordings and your systems;
  2. the purposes for which you use it, and the legal basis you rely on;
  3. who you have shared it with, or will share it with, including anyone in another country, and how it is protected there;
  4. where you got it from, if you did not collect it from me;
  5. how long you will keep it, or how you decide that;
  6. whether you use it to make automated decisions or profiles about me and, if so, how they work and what they mean for me.

Please send the copy in a commonly used electronic format to Your email, for the reply. If you need more information to confirm my identity or to find my data, please tell me promptly. I look forward to your reply within the time allowed by law.

Yours sincerely,

Your full name

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