September 23, 2019

Following a ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (Case C-171/03 Maatschap Toeters v Productschap Vee en Vlees EU:C:2004:714), the ICO has updated its guidance on timescales for responding to a SAR, as well as other individual rights requests.

The timescale has now changed to reflect the day of receipt as “day one”, as opposed to the day after receipt. For example, a SAR received on 3 September should be responded to by 3 October. The ICO has also updated its Individual Rights pages to reflect this ruling. For access to the updated guidance, click here.