At a glance
- Most organisations fall under the general processing regime. Go to our Guide to the UK GDPR.
- If you are a ‘competent authority’ with law enforcement functions and you are processing for law enforcement purposes, or you are a processor acting on their behalf, you fall under the law enforcement regime. Go to our Guide to law enforcement processing.
- If you are a ‘competent authority’ processing for other non-law enforcement purposes, you fall under the general processing regime. Go to our Guide to the UK GDPR.
- If you are one of the three UK intelligence services, or a processor acting on their behalf, you fall under the intelligence services regime. Go to our Guide to intelligence services processing.
How do I decide which regime applies?
This self assessment tool can help you determine the data protection regime that applies to the data you process, now the UK’s transition period from the EU has ended.