DSARBot – Crawler Identification Page

1. Crawler Identity

DSARBot/1.0 is a web crawler developed and operated by Atef Toumi, a Master's student at RWTH Aachen. The crawler is used for academic research purposes only, under the supervision of M.Sc. Alexander Löbel.

2. Project Purpose

The crawler supports the research project titled: “Automating the Discovery and Execution of Data Subject Access Requests”

The aim is to facilitate the execution of DSAR submission across public websites by automating the identification of the DSAR mechanisms on the website and executing the request.

3. Crawler Behavior

• User-Agent: DSARBot/1.0 ()
• Respects robots.txt directives
• No personal data is collected or stored

5. Contact

If you have questions, concerns, or wish to opt out of the crawl, please contact:

Atef Toumi
Email: atef.toumi@rwth-aachen.de
Alexander Löbel
Email: loebel@itsec.rwth-aachen.de
Affiliation: Research Group IT-Security, RWTH Aachen

6. Opt-Out Policy

Website administrators may request exclusion from this study by emailing us with the subject line "DSARBot Opt-Out". We will promptly remove your domain from our target list and cease crawling.

Last updated: September 2025