The UK’s independent authority set up to uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals.

Our information

Read about our plans, annual reports, minutes of meetings and information about our spending.

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ICO25 plan

On 14 July 2022 we published our new strategic plan - ICO25.

Highlights

Purpose, objectives, values and behaviours

Find out about our purpose, objectives, values and behaviours

History of the ICO

Read about the ICO's major landmarks and achievements.

Our strategies and plans

Including the our information rights strategic plan 2017 - 2021

Annual reports

View our latest, and previous annual reports.

Equality and diversity

Read about our commitment to equality and diversity, and our equality objectives.

About us