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Rhys ap Gwent, solicitor at Morgan LaRoche, considers how early years providers should respond to requests to access personal data

Rhys ap Gwent

What is classed as personal data?

Personal data is defined as any information, in any form, which could be used to identify an individual. An individual’s rights include the right to ask a company to delete or stop using, update or correct, or provide copies of, their personal data.

The most commonly exercised right is the right to make a data subject access request (SAR), which means a request for copies of an individual’s personal data held by an organisation. The information held by early years care providers such as the contact details of parents and children, as well as specific details relating to the care of a child, are likely to amount to personal data.

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