Personal information is information about you. It can be your name, address or telephone number. It can also be the type of job you do, the things you buy and the place you went to school.
We all give our personal information to different organisations to allow us to do everyday things. For example, we give our credit card numbers when we do our internet shopping, we provide our health details to insurance companies and we give personal information in exchange for supermarket loyalty points.
Your personal information is valuable, so you should treat it as you would any other valuable item.
Find out about your rights, including how to make a subject access request, correct your personal information, claim compensation and stop unwanted marketing.
Organisations that hold your personal information must use it fairly, keep it secure, make sure the information is accurate and keep it up to date.
Find out what rights you have if an organisation wants to share your personal information.