Builds on: Data Requests: Historic and Live, Metadata and Content

Unit 5B18 minEnglish

Asking Well: A Specific, Lawful and Sufficient Request

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Most requests that fail do not fail on law. They fail on form. The wrong company. A display name where a username was needed. "All data" with no dates. This unit shows what a complete request contains, and why each part is there.

Focus: ask the right company, for the least data that answers your question, with a legal basis that fits that kind of data.

Learning objectives

  • Apply four tests to any request before you send it.
  • Name the twelve fields of a complete request and say what each one is for.
  • Match the legal authority to the kind of data, and build up in steps.
  • Explain what consent and voluntary routes can and cannot give.
  • Ask for secrecy with reasons and a time limit.
  • Find the fault in a request that a provider would reject.

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