SAR stands for Subject Access Request and DSAR stands for Digital Subject Access Request. For data protection standards, such as GDPR, these two terms effectively mean the same thing. While DSARs relate only to data held on computers, data protection standards do not cover paper-based records, so there is no access request possible other than a DSAR. Even though SAR is shorter than DSAR, it is rarely used. The industry standard is to refer to DSAR when discussing requests for details on the storage and processing of personal data.