DSAR software that finds the data, drafts the response, and hits the deadline
Obtainer finds where a person's data lives across your systems, compiles it, and drafts a deadline-safe DSAR response. You approve exactly what gets disclosed.
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Helps you comply, not legal advice
Helps you comply, not legal advice · You stay in control of what is disclosed
For the teams that got priced out of the big privacy suites
Why Obtainer
Find every record, draft the response, hit the deadline, and stay in control of what ships
A data subject access request lands on a legal clock, and today you chase the data by hand: emailing system owners, exporting CSVs, hunting for where a person's data lives, stitching a response, and redacting third-party data before release. The enterprise suites bundle this into a six-figure governance platform; the workflow tools automate intake but leave discovery manual. Obtainer runs the request end to end, self-serve, and does the hard part everyone else leaves to humans.
Find every record, not just the obvious ones
01A data subject access request only ends well if you actually find the data. Obtainer searches across your connected systems and compiles what it finds into one reviewable manifest, with a source-system badge on every record, so you stop chasing exports across CRM, support, billing, and marketing by hand. A human reviews the manifest and can add a system it did not reach, so you help it be thorough and you confirm it is complete.
Draft the response, do not write it from scratch
02A blank cover letter under a legal deadline is where hours disappear. Obtainer drafts the response and the cover letter from templates that match the request type and the jurisdiction, so an access request, an erasure request, and a CCPA right-to-know each start from the right language. You edit and approve; you do not start from an empty page.
Never miss the statutory clock
03GDPR gives you one month; CCPA gives you 45 days. Obtainer tracks the deadline per request from the day it lands, shows a countdown on every case, and drafts from the template that matches the law, so the clock and the response match the jurisdiction. We help you meet the deadline and reduce the risk of missing one; the legal call stays with your team.
You decide what gets disclosed
04Nothing is released automatically. Obtainer compiles the manifest and drafts the response, then a human reviews it, redacts third-party and exempt data behind a black redaction bar, and approves before anything ships. This is the answer to the biggest fear in DSAR fulfillment, over-disclosing someone else's data, and it is a feature, not fine print. You stay in control of exactly what is disclosed.
How it works
The DSAR lifecycle: intake, discover, review and redact, respond
A staged process on a deadline. Obtainer helps you comply, not legal advice, and you stay in control of exactly what is disclosed at every stage.
Intake the request and verify identity
A request lands: access, erasure, portability, or rectification. Obtainer captures the requester, the request type, and the jurisdiction, prompts you to confirm the requester is who they say they are, and starts the statutory clock. The legal call on what a valid identity check requires stays with your team.
Discover the personal data across your systems
Obtainer searches across your connected systems and compiles the subject's records into one manifest, each with a source-system badge, a record type, and a count. Instead of emailing system owners and stitching CSVs by hand, you get every record in one reviewable place, and you can add a system it did not reach.
Review and redact, you approve what is disclosed
Nothing ships automatically. You review the manifest, redact third-party and exempt data behind a black redaction bar, and flag records that must be kept for a legal hold. Obtainer surfaces the candidates; you make the call and approve. You stay in control of exactly what is disclosed.
Respond within the deadline
Obtainer drafts the response and cover letter from the template that matches the request and the law, and tracks the deadline so you send on time. We help you comply and reduce the risk of missing the clock; the responsibility and the legal judgments stay with you.
What it does
Automate the DSAR, discover the data, manage every request, and redact before you disclose
DSAR automation
Obtainer is DSAR automation that carries a data subject access request through every step, from intake to a drafted response, without the spreadsheet and the scramble. It verifies the requester, finds where the person's data lives, compiles a manifest, drafts the reply, and tracks the deadline, while a human stays in control of what is disclosed.
Learn more DISCOVER - ACROSS YOUR SYSTEMSData discovery
The hardest part of a DSAR is not writing the reply, it is finding every place a person's data actually lives. Obtainer is a personal data discovery tool that surfaces those locations across your systems and compiles them into one reviewable manifest you can work from.
Learn more MANAGE - EVERY REQUESTRequest management
When requests arrive by email, phone, and web form, it is easy to lose one until the deadline is on top of you. Obtainer gives you privacy request management in one place, so every DSAR, its status, and its statutory clock are visible and nothing slips through.
Learn more REDACT - YOU APPROVERedaction
A DSAR response often contains data about people other than the requester, and material you are entitled to withhold. Obtainer gives you a redaction desk where a human masks third-party and exempt data and approves the response, so you stay in control of exactly what is disclosed.
Learn more DEADLINE - GDPR + CCPADeadline tracking
Every DSAR comes with a statutory clock, and the penalty for missing it is real. Obtainer tracks the GDPR one-month and CCPA 45-day deadlines on every request, so you see each due date coming and reduce the risk of one slipping past unnoticed.
Learn more DRAFT - FROM TEMPLATESResponse templates
Writing each DSAR response from scratch wastes the time you need for review. Obtainer drafts the cover letter and response from DSAR response templates and your compiled manifest, so your team spends its time checking the reply rather than composing it.
Learn more VERIFY - BEFORE DISCLOSUREIdentity verification
Disclosing personal data to the wrong person is its own breach. Obtainer puts DSAR identity verification at the front of the workflow, so you confirm the requester before any data is gathered or disclosed, and only the right person receives the response.
Learn more SAR - INTAKE TO RESPONDSAR software
A subject access request touches intake, verification, discovery, redaction, and a deadline-safe reply, and stitching that across tools is where teams slip. Obtainer is subject access request software that runs the whole flow in one place, with a human approving every disclosure.
Learn more REVIEW - HUMAN IN THE LOOPHuman review
Automation should speed up a DSAR, not decide what leaves the building. Obtainer puts a human in the loop at the end, so DSAR review and approval is where a person redacts, checks, and signs off, and you stay in control of exactly what gets disclosed.
Learn more DELETE - RIGHT TO ERASUREDeletion requests
An access request ends in a document. A deletion request ends in an irreversible action, which is exactly why teams dread it. Obtainer treats a data deletion request as its own workflow: find every place the person's data lives, decide what the law lets you keep, delete the rest, and keep a record that proves you did.
Learn more ONE JOB - DONE PROPERLYData privacy software
Most data privacy software tries to be everything: consent, cookies, assessments, vendor risk, governance. Obtainer does one thing. It fulfills privacy requests, from the moment one lands to the moment you respond, and it does that part better than a suite that treats it as a module.
Learn more EVERY RIGHT - ONE WORKFLOWData subject rights
The GDPR gives people eight rights over their data. California gives consumers six. Most teams build a process for the access request, then improvise when a correction or portability request lands. Obtainer runs all of them through the same workflow: verify the person, find the data, do the work the right requires, and answer before the clock runs out.
Learn more PORT - ARTICLE 20Data portability
A portability request is not an access request with a different file extension. It covers a narrower slice of data, it only applies on certain legal bases, and it has to come out in a format another company can actually read. Obtainer works out which data qualifies and exports it, while your team keeps the final call.
Learn more HR AND LEGAL - EMPLOYEE REQUESTSEmployee DSARs
An access request from an employee or a former employee is the hardest kind to answer, because their data is spread across HR systems, manager inboxes, performance notes, and payroll, and a lot of it names other people. Obtainer finds where an employee's data lives across your systems, compiles it into one reviewable manifest, and drafts the response, while your team decides what is in scope and redacts before anything goes out.
Learn moreWho it is for
Built for privacy teams, legal ops, and anyone handling GDPR, CCPA, and DPDP requests
Try it yourself
Pick a request, watch the manifest compile, then see the redaction gate engage
Pick a scenario and watch discovery stream records into the manifest with a source-system badge on each, the records-found and systems-scanned counters count up, and the response draft assemble. A couple of rows get a black redaction bar under a human approval control, because you decide what gets disclosed. One scenario deliberately finds only one record, because not every request is a mountain of data. Illustrative sample request.
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Helps you comply, not legal advice
// What Obtainer does
Finds where a person's personal data lives across your systems, compiles it into one reviewable manifest, drafts the response and cover letter from templates, and tracks the GDPR one-month and CCPA 45-day deadline. A human reviews, redacts third-party and exempt data, and approves before anything ships. Helps you comply; not legal advice.
Pricing
Self-serve pricing, published plans, no sales call
Every plan is paid and self-serve. No six-figure suite, no $10,000 floor, no sales call, focused on DSAR fulfillment and transparently priced. The interactive demo above is the free way to try it.
Starter
A small team getting its first DSARs
Growth
Privacy and legal teams with steady request volume
Business
Busy privacy and legal ops at scale
Enterprise
Larger orgs and regulated industries
FAQ
Is my data secure, will it find everything, and could it over-disclose?
Security is our design priority because Obtainer touches personal data. The intended posture is encryption in transit and at rest, secure delivery of a completed response to the requester rather than raw email attachments, a published sub-processor approach, and data-residency options on higher tiers. We describe this as the product posture we build to, not as a certification we are claiming to already hold, and we will not display a badge we have not earned. If a specific control or region matters for your program, ask us before you buy.
Obtainer's discovery is built to search across your connected systems and compile what it finds into one reviewable manifest, and because a human reviews that manifest, you can add a system or a record it did not reach. Discovery completeness is the real gap most tools leave open, so we address it directly: we help you be thorough, and you confirm completeness. We do not claim to magically find every byte in your organization with no input; we make the data you hold visible in one place so a person can verify it.
No, by design. Nothing is released automatically. Obtainer compiles the records and drafts the response, then a human reviews the manifest, redacts third-party and exempt data behind a redaction bar, and approves before anything ships. The AI is an assistant that surfaces candidates; it is not an autonomous discloser. You stay in control of exactly what is disclosed, which is the direct answer to the over-disclosure fear.
No. Obtainer helps you comply by automating the mechanics of a DSAR: intake, data discovery, drafting, and deadline tracking. The legal judgments, such as which exemptions apply, what a valid identity check requires, whether a request can be refused, and your retention obligations, stay with your team. We are a tool, not your lawyer, and we say so plainly wherever it matters.
You do not need a mature data-governance program or a finished data map first. Obtainer is built to start finding data across common systems without one, so you can run a request early and expand coverage over time. Most workflow tools assume you already have a data map and leave the hard discovery to you; Obtainer leads with discovery so you can get value on your first request.
Those bundle DSAR into a sprawling governance platform with sales-led onboarding and enterprise pricing. OneTrust now commonly carries a minimum around $10,000 a year, and DataGrail often runs into tens of thousands. Obtainer does DSAR fulfillment and only that, self-serve, at a published price, built for the teams those suites priced out. You are not buying cookie consent, vendor risk, and policy management you did not ask for.
Stop chasing DSARs across spreadsheets
See Obtainer run one end to end. It finds where a person's data lives across your systems, drafts the deadline-safe response, and tracks the GDPR and CCPA clock, and you review, redact, and approve what gets disclosed. Helps you comply; not legal advice.
Helps you comply, not legal advice · You approve what is disclosed