Read the full text of the Data Protection Act 1998, the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003, the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, and the INSPIRE Regulations 2009.
Read about what we can do, the action we have taken and policies and codes of practice about our enforcement activity.
The ICO maintains the public register of data controllers, which includes names and addresses of data controllers and a description of the kind of processing they do.
The ICO works with organisations to improve their processing of personal data in a number of ways. Read summaries of our reports.
We receive thousands of complaints each year. Read our case stories to find out how we deal with them.
The ICO monitors and issues reports about the timeliness of organisations responding to freedom of information requests as well as the adoption and operation of the model publication scheme across the public sector.
In addition to UK responsibilities, the ICO has an international role including our cooperation with similar organisations in Europe, the European Commission and other countries.
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