Setup All Ensure you have mailcatcher setup Configure the Data Protection Officer role and add a user to this role Open blocks/html/classes/privacy/provider.php in your preferred editor Find get_contexts_for_userid Add a call to throw new \moodle_exception(); Open message/classes/privacy/provider.php in your preferred editor Find export_user_data Add a call to throw new \moodle_exception(); Find delete_data_for_user Add a call to throw new \moodle_exception(); 33 Checkout https://github.com/andrewnicols/moodle-tool_dataprivacy/tree/MDL-62134-33 to admin/tool/dataprivacy 34 Checkout https://github.com/andrewnicols/moodle-tool_dataprivacy/tree/MDL-62134-34 to admin/tool/dataprivacy Test Your site needs to have working email (or use mailcatcher) Request data export as any user (they need to have any data in at least three different components/plugins) Run attached runadhoc.php Make sure the exception message and backtrace are printed in cron output Check email of DPO (or admin if there is no DPO) Make sure you received an email about the exception Approve request and run cron Again, check that message appeared in cron, email was sent Make sure that actual export was done and has all other plugins data Repeat the process for a delete request