Legal Services Operational Privacy Certification Scheme (LOCS)
Approval date 01 February 2024
The Legal Services Operational Privacy Certification Scheme (LOCS) is designed to assist legal service providers demonstrate compliance with UK data protection law when processing client’s personal data. It will provide enhanced trust and confidence that personal data and data subject rights are protected.
The scheme applies to legal service providers (both controllers and processors), including law firms, solicitors, barrister’s chambers, barristers, and other providers, for their processing of personal data in relation to the legal services provided, held in the ‘client file’.
Scheme criteria
ICO-CSC/006 LOCS:23 STANDARD V12.3
Scheme owner
2Twenty4 Consulting Ltd
70 Croft Road
Hastings
TN34 3HE
07500 227009
UKAS accredited certification bodies
ADISA has been appointed as the Certification Body by the Scheme Owner, pending UKAS accreditation.