[jo5hm4n]

I had a letter come through from the Information Commisioners Office in basic terms telling me that i had to pay a yearly fee of £40-£60 for processing data in relation to GDPR and Data Protection.

It says if i do not pay this fee there is a fine of £4,000.  I have to respond by 22nd October, the letter got lost in my office for 3 weeks oops!!!

It says i can check on the website if i qualify to pay the fee or if i am exempt.

I went on the website and i do qualify to pay the fee.

This is the first i have ever heard of this before though.  Is anyone else on here paying a yearly fee to the ICO?

If i have to pay it that's fine i'm just suprised i havent heard of anyone else in our industry paying this.

For the record they got my details as i am now registered as a limited company and it flagged on their system.

If anyone wants to see the company that is asking for the fee to be paid i will link the website below.

If links are not allowed, mods please just remove the link.
www.ico.org.uk/fee-checker

[Slacky]

Load of crap.

[NWH]

Yeah it is a load of what you say but you do need to deal with it and find out whether it affects you though.

[Pete Thompson]

You must have answered the questions wrong, because question 8 says :

8. Do you only process personal data for:

Staff administration (including payroll);
You only hold the personal information of the people you need to for your staff administration.

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accounts or records (ie invoices and payments);
You only hold the personal information of the people you need to for your own accounts and records – for example information about past, existing or present customers or suppliers.

The information is restricted to what is necessary for your accounts and records – for example name, address and credit card details. However, this doesn't include information processed by or obtained from credit reference agencies.

 —

advertising, marketing and public relations (in connection with your own business activity).
You only hold the personal information of the people you need to for your own advertising, marketing and public relations – for example information about past, existing or present customers or suppliers

The information is restricted to what is necessary for your advertising, marketing and public relations – for example, names, addresses and other identifiers

You only advertise and market your own goods and services

The answer to this question is undoubtedly “YES” and that makes us window cleaners exempt.

[jo5hm4n]

Load of crap.

I would like to think you are right, but then i just found this.

https://www.gov.uk/data-protection-register-notify-ico-personal-data#:~:text=You%20must%20pay%20a%20data,%2C%20unless%20you're%20exempt.

[Spruce]

Load of crap.

I would like to think you are right, but then i just found this.

https://www.gov.uk/data-protection-register-notify-ico-personal-data#:~:text=You%20must%20pay%20a%20data,%2C%20unless%20you're%20exempt.

I filled out the questionnaire linked from this site, and as a sole trader window cleaner keeping records of my round in digital format, I was exempt.

[Scrimble]

reminds me when I got a letter saying I needed to pay an annual fee to listen to music in my van from some government agency https://pplprs.co.uk/playing-music-legally/

chucked it straight in to the bin

[Arnold Palmer]

reminds me when I got a letter saying I needed to pay an annual fee to listen to music in my van from some government agency https://pplprs.co.uk/playing-music-legally/

chucked it straight in to the bin

I'm with Scrimble, file it under "B"