The Information Commissioner’s Office is 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.
Find out what personal information is held about you
Access information from a public body
Prevent unwanted sales calls and spam emails
Find out information about the environment
3 February - Financial company loses over 600 customers’ details
A financial services company with operations in the UK, USA and Middle East breached the Data Protection Act ...
30 January - Plain English Guide to FOI launched
The Information Commissioner has today published a new plain English Guide to Freedom of Information to help public authorities ...
We have published a new plain English Guide to Freedom of Information to help public authorities better understand what the Act says and how to apply it.
The guide takes a straight-forward look at the law and explains in simple terms what organisations need to do to comply, including how to respond to requests and deciding what information they should routinely publish.
View the Guide to Freedom of Information
The ICO's guidance about the issue of monetary penalties has been revised to incorporate changes to the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003. These changes enable the Information Commissioner to serve a monetary penalty notice on a person who seriously breaches the 2003 Regulations.
The ACCESS AWARE campaign has been designed to help remind staff to be ‘access aware’, helping prompt colleagues to recognise a request for personal information, and know how to deal with it. The toolkit offers a range of free downloadable materials for use within your organisation.
Download the ACCESS AWARE toolkit