⟡ “We Asked for Our Data. They Gave Us Silence.” ⟡
Legal notice demanding records, disability accommodations, and compliance with statutory access laws
Filed: 22 April 2025
Reference: SWANK/WESTMINSTER-RBKC/SAR-BREACH-01
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Email demanding compliance with overdue Subject Access Request and citing Equality Act violations across multiple agencies
I. What Happened
On 22 April 2025, Polly Chromatic sent a formal legal notice via email to over a dozen public officials, including employees of Westminster Council, RBKC, Islington, and NHS services. The message asserted that repeated failures to fulfil a Subject Access Request (SAR) had now escalated to a breach of legal obligation. It further demanded written-only communication under the Equality Act 2010 and formally cited noncompliance and discrimination.
The message was also copied to medical consultant Philip Reid and included a closing invitation: those with withheld knowledge or complicity were invited to speak—quietly, safely, and off record.
II. What the Complaint Establishes
Procedural breaches: Failure to comply with SAR deadlines; ignoring written communication adjustments
Human impact: Prolonged stress, disability flare-ups, and intensified institutional gaslighting
Power dynamics: Withholding of legally entitled data as a strategy to undermine legal redress
Institutional failure: Cross-agency complicity in data suppression and accommodation evasion
Unacceptable conduct: Systemic disregard for basic access rights and statutory timelines
III. Why SWANK Logged It
Because when public bodies want control, they stall the data.
Because nothing says retaliation like forgetting the law exists when you're asked for proof.
Because written-only adjustments were again ignored — not out of confusion, but out of strategy.
Because SAR evasion is not bureaucratic error. It is institutional mood.
This archive entry isn’t about a missing file. It’s about a coordinated refusal to let truth surface.
IV. Violations
UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018, Sections 45–54 – failure to respond to SAR within lawful timeframes
Equality Act 2010, Sections 20 & 29 – failure to provide reasonable adjustments for communication
Human Rights Act 1998, Article 8 – right to personal data and family privacy undermined
Freedom of Information Act 2000, Section 16 – failure to offer guidance or support in response process
V. SWANK’s Position
This wasn’t a missed deadline. This was an act of deferral — carefully managed, widely copied, and institutionally protected.
We do not accept that data access depends on obedience.
We do not accept that disability accommodations are optional.
We do not accept that safeguarding professionals can disappear into silence when challenged.
This email was clear. This archive is louder.
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