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The Data Protection Act (DPA) controls how personal information can be used and your rights to ask for information about yourself

• The Data Protection Act

  The Data Protection Act 2018 controls how your personal information is…

• Find out what data an organisation has about you

  Write to an organisation to ask for a copy of the information they hold…

• Make a complaint

  If you think your data has been misused or that the organisation holding…

You can get a free TV licence if you're 75 or over and you get Pension Credit, or a discount if you're blind or in residential care - who qualifies, how to apply

You usually need a licence from PPL PRS to play live or recorded music in public - includes playing background music at your business, and staging live music or theatre productions.

Find volunteering opportunities, and volunteer rights, pay, expenses, age limits, criminal record checks.

Explore the local archives to help your research into family and local history at your local council

Apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate to legally change your gender.

You have the right to see CCTV footage of yourself under the Data Protection Act.

Find your nearest library to access services such as book loans, CD rentals and internet access

Check your local council for advice on becoming a licensed chaperone for children in the entertainment, modelling or sports

Find out if you need a licence to show films - public screenings, using film in schools, choosing a licence, penalties for breaching copyright

Renew your library items like books and DVDs online through your local council website

The library catalogue allows you to search all the titles in a public library - many councils offer online access to their library catalogue

Report treasure finds to the local coroner within 14 days - items officially defined as treasure, Portable Antiquities Scheme, inquest, valuation, rewards

Many libraries offer free internet access - book internet access at your local council library

Check whether a mobile library service visits your area

You can reserve books and other items such as DVDs at your local library - contact your council for more information

Rules covering how entertainment and modelling agencies work; charging fees and refunds for for finding work

Apply to deliver match funding to encourage donations to local charities and community groups.

• From: Cabinet Office and 2 others

DCMS invites voluntary, community, social enterprise (VCSE) and youth organisations to submit expressions of interest to administer £30 million capital funding in 2021 to 2022

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 1 others

Overview of the Urban Connected Communities Project and processes for registration for expressions of interest and market engagement.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 1 others