Industry News Sanjeev Shetty 21/02/2025

ICO fees up by a third - have you paid yours?

Landlords who electronically handle personal information are reminded they need to pay their annual fee to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), with the figure rising by almost 30%.

The ICO is the regulator for data protection and landlords need to pay the fee if they store personal information on a computer or phone or use CCTV, with failure to comply resulting in fines of up to £4,000.

For organisations with 10 or fewer employees (defined as micro-organisations), the fee has risen from £40 to £52 a year and for small to medium sized organisations, from £60 to £78.

Do I need to register?

Most landlords need to register with the ICO, as outlined in the advice given by the NRLA here. You can register by following this link. In certain cases, you may be exempt, so click here to find out more.

If you’d like to learn more about data protection and General Date Protection  Regulation (GDPR) as a landlord, why not take the NRLA's eLearning training course.

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Sanjeev Shetty

Sanjeev Shetty

Content and Communications Officer

Sanj is a Content and Communications Officer for the NRLA, writing across the NRLA's communications channels. He has more than 25 years of writing experience, building a diverse portfolio of work which includes drafting speeches for London Mayor Sadiq Khan and scripts for TV presenter Dan Walker while working for the BBC.

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