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class="lead"><p>Find out about your data protection and information rights including how to make a SAR, how to make an FOI request, domestic CCTV and data protection, protecting yourself against nuisance marketing and more. </p></div> </div> </div> <div class="umb-block-grid__layout-item" data-content-element-type-alias="featureBoxBlock" data-content-element-type-key="6030bc2b-3b7d-4123-bb14-c57438efbee1" data-element-udi="umb://element/c1c33d1cb8b84112a38bbc4bf1e79086" data-col-span="9" data-row-span="1" style=" --umb-block-grid--item-column-span: 9; --umb-block-grid--item-row-span: 1; "> <feature-box x-href="/for-the-public/i-m-worried-about-how-an-organisation-has-handled-my-information/" x-title="I’m worried about how an organisation has handled my information, what should I do?" x-description="We are here to help you understand the next steps." x-image="/media2/cuvpdkn1/members-of-the-public-unhappy-1000x671.jpg?width=507&height=388&v=1db40bfd7d23390" 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