The Regulation of June 3, 1998, by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration as regards specimen for a request to disclose personal data,  a notification of a data filing system to registration, personal authorizations and service identity cards of the inspectors employed in the Bureau of the Inspector General for Personal Data Protection (Journal of Laws No. 80, item 522 with later amendments) specified a specimen of a request for the disclosure of personal data. Now-a-days these provisions are no longer in force, so the specimen of the request is currently outdated.

The new Regulation that came into force on December 1, 2004 does not specify a specimen of such request. This does not mean that in case of the request directed to the controller of personal data for the disclosure of data for purposes other than including into the data filing system there is no need to lodge such request.

The obligation to lodge the request results from the provisions of Article 29 paragraph 3 of the Act which points out that: “ personal data re disclosed at written and justified request, unless the provisions of other law state otherwise. Such request should include information allowing for identification of requested personal data within the filing system and indicating their scope and purpose.”

In present state of law it is not demanded for the applicant to use a specific specimen or an official forms. It is sufficient that the request lodged to the controller fulfills the requirements stated in Article 29 paragraph 3 of the Act on the Protection of Personal Data, so any written form is admissible.

It is also possible to use an outdated form of the request for disclosure of personal data because it includes all the elements relevant in the system of law.