united-kingdom data-protection
Would changing your signature bar you from getting a UKVI SAR?
<p>I am in the process of trying to submit a SAR (Subject Access Request) to UK Visas and Immigration (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/requests-for-personal-data-uk-visas-and-immigration/request-personal-information-held-by-uk-visas-and-immigration" rel="nofollow noreferrer">UKVI</a>), but, I have read this paragraph:</p>
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<p>your signature and the date, within the last 6 months – please note your signature as well as your photo identification is used to verify that the person making the request is entitled to do so</p>
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<p>However, I have radically changed my signature since the last time I had to pass through UK Immigration (which is the last record they have on file of me).</p>
<p>Would a DPO (Data Protection Officer) be able to reject my request on the basis that my signature is not at all what they have on file? (My photography is still recognizable from the one on their record though.)</p>

<p>The law, at <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/52?timeline=false" rel="noreferrer">section 52(4)</a> Data Protection Act 2018 does not expressly require a signature. What is needed is confirmation of one's identity:</p>
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<p>Where the controller has reasonable doubts about the identity of an individual making a request under section 45, 46 or 47, the controller may—</p>
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<li><p>(a) request the provision of additional information to enable the controller to confirm the identity, and</p>
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<li><p>(b) delay dealing with the request until the identity is confirmed.</p>
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<p>One option is to submit the request with an explanation as to why your signature has changed and wait and see if the data controller comes back for additional information.</p>
<p>If you can't provide anything more, or they still won't process your request if you do, there's alway the option of appealing to the <a href="https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/your-right-to-get-copies-of-your-data/what-to-do-if-the-organisation-does-not-respond-or-you-are-dissatisfied-with-the-outcome/" rel="noreferrer">Information Commissioner's Office</a></p>
