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Field notes on defensible SAR triage.
What housing DPOs are actually asking — and the rules behind the answers.
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12 May 2026 · 8 min
SAR compliance for housing associations: a practical defensibility checklist
What the ICO actually looks for when a tenant complains about a SAR response — and how to be ready before the question is asked.
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22 Apr 2026 · 6 min
ICO defensibility: what a complete SAR evidence pack actually looks like
A field guide to the artefacts the Information Commissioner's Office reviews when a SAR response is challenged — and the bare minimum you should ship from every triage.
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30 Mar 2026 · 5 min
Third-party PII in housing SARs: the TP-PII rule, explained
How SART identifies third-party tenant data in mixed correspondence and what it means for housing officers under UK GDPR.
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08 Mar 2026 · 7 min
Management negotiations (MGMT-NEG) in SAR responses: where the line sits
When internal management deliberations are exempt under the Data Protection Act 2018 — and the override pattern most housing teams use on complaint-adjacent threads.
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14 Feb 2026 · 6 min
Legal professional privilege (LPP) in housing SARs: edge cases that bite
What counts as LPP in a housing association's correspondence, and the three edge cases where well-meaning teams over-claim privilege.