Running a company is an expensive and time-consuming business. It can be challenging to keep up with the various licences, subscriptions and fees payable to other organisations. In this way, many business owners mistakenly fail to pay the ICO\u2019s annual data protection fee, risking an ICO fine. This article will explore whether your business is liable to pay the annual data protection fee and, if so, the risk to your organisation of failing to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is an independent body set up to police data protection law, including the General Data Protection Regulation<\/a> (GDPR), and issue fines for non-compliance. One of the aims of the ICO is to provide businesses in England with sufficient guidance, both through online written guidance and a telephone helpline, to help them comply with our data protection law. However, because this is an expensive mission to fund, the ICO charges a data protection fee to organisations in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Data Protection Act<\/em> 2018 mandates that organisations in England that process personal information must pay a data protection fee to the ICO unless they are exempt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Processing personal data refers to your organisation handling or storing information which can identify an individual. For example, this may include recording their:<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat is the ICO Data Protection Fee?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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