Does the UK ICO actually do anything?
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Nothing is the short answer. It's a fee used to fund their work (which needs doing), but the time and quality of their work is nothing short of diabolical. Even now they have the legal clout to enforce some hefty fines, they fail to use it, which means businesses continue to not pay attention to them; it's cheaper to pay the fine than the fee...
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towser44 said:
We had to do some address changes with them a few months ago and despite very clear instructions, each one took at least 2 attempts for them to get right. They seem very shoddy!
:-)Same experience here. I changed my business address with them and they struggled
I have a login but you can't really do anything once logged in, no option to change your details. . Couldn't find me on the system when I phoned. So the solution they requested is to email them my current details and the new details....! Then many weeks later they sent me a confirmation email with my old details on. So I phoned, they told me to ignore it and that they have been updated! hahaaa
It did make me think why is the UK regulator of data so bad at handling my data!
mickytruelove said:
Im struggling to understand why my business has to pay £60 a year because we process customer info (how else will they receive their order if we don't have an address).
It probably doesn't. Do the ICO checklist:https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/data-protecti...
As long as you are not holding data for some other purpose then you should get this answer:
ICO said:
You are only processing personal data for the core business purposes. You therefore do not have to pay a fee to the ICO.
We haven't registered. We only deal b2b and we don't do any organised marketing as anything like that tends to attract the wrong kind of customers (too small) although there is some push to do this.
We're concerned that registering might put our head above the parapet, so to speak. Only a couple of our obvious competitors are registered, most aren't.
We're concerned that registering might put our head above the parapet, so to speak. Only a couple of our obvious competitors are registered, most aren't.
In the same vein as the ICO you have the Living Wage Foundation.
A few years back, we thought it would be advantageous to have Living Wage Foundation accreditation, becoming a 'Living Wage Employer'. I assumed this would entail some sort of audit. Turned out that in return for completing a form and parting with £130, we got a logo we could use on our website. I have no idea whether this was for a year or what the rules were about using it but we paid the fee and continued to use it for several years. Very odd.
A few years back, we thought it would be advantageous to have Living Wage Foundation accreditation, becoming a 'Living Wage Employer'. I assumed this would entail some sort of audit. Turned out that in return for completing a form and parting with £130, we got a logo we could use on our website. I have no idea whether this was for a year or what the rules were about using it but we paid the fee and continued to use it for several years. Very odd.
Sheepshanks said:
We haven't registered. We only deal b2b and we don't do any organised marketing as anything like that tends to attract the wrong kind of customers (too small) although there is some push to do this.
We're concerned that registering might put our head above the parapet, so to speak. Only a couple of our obvious competitors are registered, most aren't.
You should register if you're holding personal data, whether that is B2B, B2C or your employees.We're concerned that registering might put our head above the parapet, so to speak. Only a couple of our obvious competitors are registered, most aren't.
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