For organisations

Find out about your obligations and how to comply, including protecting personal information, and providing access to official information.

Data protection and Brexit

The ICO has published guidance and practical tools to help organisations make preparations in case the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement.

Guides to the legislation

Find out about your obligations and how to comply under the Acts.

Guide to Data Protection

Find out about your obligations under the DPA 2018 and the GDPR, including law enforcement processing.

Data protection and Brexit

Understand the implications for organisations and how to plan ahead

Freedom of information

If you are a public authority you have a legal obligation to make official information available under the Freedom of Information Act.

Electronic communications and marketing

Sending marketing messages by phone, fax, email or text? Using cookies? Providing electronic communications services to the public? Find out what you need to do to comply.

Environmental information

Find out your obligations for environmental information.

Spatial information

If you are a public authority that holds spatial data, you have a legal obligation to make that information available.

Re-use of information

Find out about your obligations around the re-use of public sector information, and the ICO’s role.

eIDAS

If you provide trust services such as electronic signatures, electronic time stamps and website authentication certificates, you have obligations under eIDAS.

The Guide to NIS

Some digital service providers have obligations under the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018.

In your sector

Find out how to comply with the obligations in your sector.