Template
DSAR right-to-know request
Use for
finding out what a broker holds before demanding deletion, or when you're in a state without deletion rights and disclosure is your available lever. Also the correct opener for LexisNexis-class brokers where you should see the file first.
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Subject: Request to Know / Access Personal Information To the Privacy Compliance Team at [BROKER NAME]: I am exercising my right to know under [the CCPA, Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.110 / my state's equivalent statute / your published privacy policy]. Within the statutory window, please disclose to me: 1. The categories and specific pieces of personal information you have collected about me 2. The categories of sources from which it was collected 3. The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling it 4. The categories of third parties to whom you have sold, shared, or disclosed it, and which categories of my information went to each 5. Any inferences you have generated about me, including modeled or derived attributes and audience segments Information to locate my records: - Full name: [NAME, plus prior names] - Date of birth: [DOB] - Current and prior addresses: [ADDRESSES] - Phone numbers and emails: [CONTACT] Provide the disclosure in a portable, readable format. Please confirm receipt, and identify in writing the specific legal basis for anything you decline to disclose. [NAME] [DATE]
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