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Ask an app or company for your data after a breakup or account mess

An ex still shares cloud photos or an old app holds your stuff. Get a clear personal data request with the accounts you used.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

The prompt · ChatGPT

Write a personal data request (subject access style) for my own accounts.

Organisation or app: [name]
Why now (high level): [breakup / closed account / other]
Emails/usernames they may hold: [list]
What I want: [copy of my personal data]
Identity proof I can provide: [optional]
Channel: [email]

Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. A clear SAR email.
2. Subject line.
3. Extra demands that slow it down — note them.
4. Point me to ICO guidance in general terms to check next steps if they ignore it.

Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, quotes or what the other person thinks. Not legal advice. UK English.

For ICO guidance on subject access requests, use web search and name the page you used. If it doesn't search on its own, open View all tools and choose Search.

Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.

A short example

Fill the blanks, then paste. name: a short note you already have. breakup / closed account / other: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

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