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The first criminal prosecution for 'ignoring' a DSAR: More common than we think?
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An individual has been criminally prosecuted for "ignoring" or having "blocked, erased, or concealed" a subject access request. A rare (perhaps unprecedented) case, but Rob wonders if this behaviour is more common than we might think.
This care home director was prosecuted under Section 173 of the Data Protection Act 2018, which makes it a criminal offence to "alter, deface, block, erase, destroy or conceal information with the intention of preventing disclosure" following an access request.
He reportedly attempted various unsuccessful defences, ranging from claiming the care…
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