Please explain your answer, and provide supporting evidence where possible, including on: ○ Which safeguards should apply (such as mirroring Section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act (for public bodies) to help data subjects by providing advice and assistance to avoid discrimination) ○ What a reasonable cost limit would look like, and whether a different (ie. sliding scale) threshold depending on the size (based on number of employees and/or turnover, for example) would be advantageous
Q2.3.4. To what extent do you agree with the following statement:‘There is a case for re-introducing a small nominal fee for processing subject access requests (akin to the approach in the Data Protection Act 1998)’? ○ Strongly agree ○ Somewhat agree ○ Neither agree nor disagree ○ Somewhat disagree ○ Strongly disagree Please explain your answer, and provide supporting evidence where possible, including what a reasonable level of the fee would be, and which safeguards should apply.
Q2.3.5. Are there any alternative options you would consider to reduce the costs and time taken to respond to subject access requests? ○ Yes ○ No ○ Don’t know Please explain your answer, and provide supporting evidence where possible. 2.4 Privacy and electronic communications 190. Most of the proposals in this consultation focus on improvements to the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, but in some circumstances the processing of personal data is also governed by the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR). 191. PECR complements the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 and sets out more specific privacy rights on: a. Marketing by electronic means, including marketing calls, texts, emails and faxes b. Confidentiality of terminal equipment - for example, computers, mobile phones, wearable technology, smart TVs and connected devices - including the use of cookies or similar technologies that track information about people accessing a website or other electronic services
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