[MyData & Open Data] Tool for subject access requests - would it work in the UK?

Thu Jul 2 21:29:21 UTC 2015

Hi,

Thank you all for the responses, it was helpful to hear about your thoughts
and experiences. I feel a little torn about whether it would be valuable
service to invest the effort in. I might begin by experimenting with a
number of requests myself..

Very best wishes,
Aleksi

On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 6:07 AM, Edafe Onerhime <edafe at ekoner.com> wrote:

> Hi Aleksi
>
> That's an interesting site and interesting initiative. I can't comments on
> if it could work in the UK but it does bring to mind a similar initiative I
> collaborated on at Open Data Camp.
>
> Gaia Marcus <https://twitter.com/la_gaia> asked how to create the
> "perfect" FOI request
> <http://odcamp.org.uk/crowdsourcing-the-perfect-foi-request/> - part of
> that was crowdsourcing FOI contacts. Would a similar methodology to Gaia's
> and what do they know <https://www.whatdotheyknow.com> work here?
>
> From a personal point of view, I'd be reluctant to have a third party
> receive my personal data but I'd be happy to have it sent to me by post or
> secure transmission. If the third party could broker payment, that could be
> useful (where required, good customer service in my experience, means
> information is free).
>
> All the best,
>
> Edafe
>
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>> Dear all,
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>> I've been inspired by a service that exists in Germany for making requests
>> for personal data from public and private organisations, namely
>> selbstauskunft.net, which appears to have made a significant impact. The
>> same rights to data exist throughout the EU, and as I'm sure you know in
>> the UK it goes by the name of subject access requests. Does anyone know
>> whether there has been an attempt to create a good tool for making the
>> process easier in the UK, or whether there is a substantial reason it
>> wouldn't work here? Germany has the benefit that one request per year is
>> free, while most organisations in the UK want cheques. I know there have
>> been some calls for such a service before, for instance here:
>>
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>> http://ideas.okfn.org/ideas/358/give-me-my-data-online-crowd-sourcing-platform/
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>> Very best wishes,
>> Aleksi
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