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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) upholds information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals. ICO is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology .

• Updated: 27 March 2023

• Updated: 8 March 2021

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…

• Updated: 18 January 2016

How to make a request from public bodies and organisations under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), how much it costs and how long it takes

Check someone's driving record - vehicles they can drive, penalty points and disqualifications

The role of the National Information Board is to put data and technology safely to work for patients, service users, citizens and the professionals who serve them. The NIB brings together national health and care organisations from the NHS, public...

• Updated: 8 March 2022

Joint Concept Note 2/18 explains why information advantage must be at the heart of how Defence operates if we are to enable credible military options.

• Updated: 18 September 2020

Get company information including registered address, previous company names, directors' details, accounts, annual returns and company reports, if it's been dissolved

The Commission was established on 17 July 2015 to review the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and was dissolved on 11 March 2016.

• Updated: 15 December 2023