Method
Builds four operational lanes and an evidence-gated editable checklist for access, correction/completion/updating, erasure, grievance and nomination-related work.
Use it safely
Begin with the synthetic example in the toolbench, then minimise any real-world input. Inspect each finding, its source/status note and the facts behind it before exporting a result.
What it cannot determine
It cannot verify identity, discover records, decide exceptions, calculate a deadline, change a system or send a response.
8 minute working guide / SYNTHETIC WALKTHROUGH
From input to a reviewable handoff.
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-26
- Legal status
- editorial analysis
- Source/method records
- act-2023rules-2025rules-2025-corrigendumdpdp-store-method-0.2
- Changelog
- 0.5.0 — first public static working guide.
What this produces: A four-lane local case plan with a 15-field completeness record and eight editable tasks whose closed states require evidence notes or not-applicable rationales.
A fictional operator receives a correction request under a synthetic reference and needs a consistent task sequence without copying the requester’s personal data into another system.
Before you begin
- Choose one of the five source-specific workflows and create a non-identifying local case reference before opening the tool.
- Select an identity-risk approach appropriate to the channel and harm risk; keep the underlying identity evidence in the controlled case system because the generator verifies nothing.
- Identify a responsible owner, received-time record, search scope, processor handoff, response route and escalation reviewers.
Walk the evidence sequence
Create a minimised case frame
Enter the workflow, synthetic reference, owner, received-time record, clock basis, channel and identity-risk choice. Keep the narrative and personal records in the controlled case system, not this preview.
- Evidence to inspect
- The intake lane preserves open identity decisions and minimised evidence references without submitting or retaining the request.
- Human review
- Check that the reference can be reconciled safely by authorised staff and does not expose identity in the export name.
Plan a complete system search
Use the inventory and processor register to enter the primary-system, derived-store, archive and processor/recipient scope, then review the workflow-specific search tasks.
- Evidence to inspect
- The search lane and task checklist keep system discovery and external handoffs visible instead of implying that one database is complete.
- Human review
- Confirm scope, exceptions and access controls before retrieving or disclosing any record.
Separate decision from execution
Record the reviewed decision, fact-specific exceptions, authorised system actions, verification and controlled evidence references. Keep unresolved legal or security judgments in escalation.
- Evidence to inspect
- The decision lane separates planning from execution and keeps every completion claim tied to an evidence note.
- Human review
- Require appropriate legal, security or service-owner review where identity, third-party rights, retention or fraud risk is uncertain.
Close with evidence and follow-up
Reconcile processor acknowledgements, system changes, the approved response and escalation record. Mark a task Complete or Not applicable only with an evidence note or rationale, then export the current record deliberately.
- Evidence to inspect
- The JSON reflects the current task states and evidence notes; the tool still sends nothing and cannot prove the linked evidence exists.
- Human review
- Do not treat a checked box as proof; link each completed task to controlled evidence.
Handoff check
- Was identity risk handled proportionately without collecting unnecessary data?
- Did the search include processors, archives and derived systems where relevant?
- Can each completed action be traced to controlled evidence and an authorised decision?
The kit does not verify identity, discover systems or processors, calculate a deadline, decide an exception, modify a system, validate a nomination, communicate with a requester or approach the Board.
Security and parsing
- Inputs have byte, row or component limits appropriate to the parser.
- Imported content is treated as text or data and is never executed.
- Spreadsheet exports neutralise formula-leading cells.
- Use the per-tool reset or “Clear current toolbench state” to remove current in-tab input and results. Downloaded files remain under your control.
Version record
0.3.0 · 26 August 2026: deterministic public static implementation, synthetic fixture and bounded local parser. Guide record 0.5 · 26 August 2026.