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In the court documents filed at the High Court, which have been seen by BBC News, Wallace’s lawyer claims that, in March, Wallace requested “personal data” from both the BBC and its subsidiary, BBC Studios, under data protection laws.
Both requests for data related to his “work, contractual relations and conduct” spanning 21 years.
In the court documents, Wallace’s lawyer, Lawrence Power, claims that the BBC considered his request to be “complex” and as such requested an extension to the usual one month deadline to provide such information.
In August, the documents say, the BBC emailed Wallace to apologise for the delay and said they were “taking all reasonable steps” to process the request in “a timely manner” but he still has not received a response.
The documents further claim that BBC Studios told Wallace it was withholding parts of his data on the basis of “freedom of expression”.
But Wallace’s lawyer claimed that it had “unlawfully failed to supply all of the claimant’s personal data” and had “wrongly redacted” information.
“By reason of the defendants failing to fully comply with the [subject access request] made by the claimant for his own personal data, the defendants acted in breach of their statutory duty and in doing so caused distress and harassment to the claimant,” he said.
He stated Mr Wallace was seeking damages for “distress, harassment and loss of amenity not exceeding £10,000” as well as interest.
Wallace is also seeking a court order that the BBC and BBC Studios comply with the requests for his data.
The BBC and BBC Studios have not yet filed a defence to the claim.
Wallace’s representatives have been approached for a comment.