What we can't do

The ICO:

• cannot award compensation for any breach of the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act;
• cannot require anyone to release personal data to you unless you have made a valid subject access request which has not been complied with;
• does not hold all your personal data;
• cannot prevent an individual from processing personal data for purely domestic purposes; and 
• cannot assist you to obtain access to any non-personal information unless you have made a valid request under the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations to a public authority which has not been complied with.