Data protection fee regime: proposed changes

This consultation is seeking views on the government’s proposals to amend the data protection fees that are payable by data controllers to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).    

The proposals aim to secure the financial resources required to support the ICO in fulfilling its functions under data protection legislation, including the:

• provision of guidance
• advice and support to organisations to enable compliance with data protection obligations
• and to achieve full cost recovery in line with HM Treasury’s principles on Managing Public Money.   

We welcome responses from interested individuals and organisations from across the UK. Given the focus of the consultation, we consider it to have particular relevance to:

• data controllers, including individuals and organisations across the private, public and the Civil Society and Voluntary
• community and social enterprise sectors, who are currently paying or expect to be required to pay a data protection fee in the future.

We recommend that you read the full consultation document before completing your response. Following this consultation, we will carefully consider views and evidence, which will inform our response.

Read our consultation privacy notice.