Data subject access request (DSAR) software helps companies comply with user requests to access or delete personally identifying information that a company stores on individuals, as mandated by GDPR, CCPA, and other privacy regulations. DSAR tools help ensure requests are fulfilled within the mandated response timeframe, offer workflows to help people across an organization collaborate on locating data, and ultimately provide the data to the requesting user. DSAR software is frequently administered by legal teams or privacy officers; however, IT and security teams often collaborate to fulfil user requests for access or deletion.
Processing data subject access requests is one part of many in administering a business’ complete privacy program. All data privacy platforms offer data subject access request (DSAR) functionality, along with additional tools related to implementing a full privacy program.
To qualify for inclusion in the Data Subject Access Request (DSAR) category, a product must:
Provide a DSAR portal for end users to request access to or deletion of their personally identifying information
Provide a centralized view and status of all DSARs
Provide workflows to process DSARs across an organization
Provide reporting tools and logs that DSARs were processed within the legally required timeframe
