If you wish to request a copy of any data held about you by CIFAS, you have a right (under the Data Protection Act 1998) to request a copy of any information held about you.

For a fee of £10 you are entitled to request a copy of any information held about you by any organisation on computer or in some manual files. This is known as a Subject Access Request. If you wish to request a copy of any data held by CIFAS about you, please follow the procedure as explained on the Subject Access Request form and send your completed form to the address below.

The Compliance Officer
CIFAS
6th Floor, Lynton House
7-12 Tavistock Square,
London WC1H 9LT

Our response will include only CIFAS data and not public information or other fraud information.

If you want to know what other fraud information is held against your name, you should write to the relevant organisation to enquire which fraud prevention databases they consulted. They are obliged to provide you with full details including the addresses to write to.  The responses from those organisations will not include any CIFAS data.

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