Demand letter from ICO

prowla

I've received a letter from "ICO" who say they "have a duty to collect the data protection fee" and it's labelled "Action required by 28 October 2022".

They say they've "already written twice", but I don't believe that's true.

They also say "we usually name the organisations we fine on our website".

My question is, are they legit?

marcia_

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/data-protection-fee/register/

DullGreyGuy

The ICO is legitimate as its the UK regulator on data protection laws. 

If the letter you have is legitimate is a separate question however almost all businesses do need to have a conversation with the ICO and most will need to register with them for a fee. The fact you dont know the ICO exists suggests you havent done the registration or even considered if you need to or are exempt.

J_B

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6094404/i-c-o/p1

prowla

DullGreyGuy said:

The ICO is legitimate as its the UK regulator on data protection laws. 

If the letter you have is legitimate is a separate question however almost all businesses do need to have a conversation with the ICO and most will need to register with them for a fee. The fact you dont know the ICO exists suggests you havent done the registration or even considered if you need to or are exempt.

Thanks - myco holds no personal data, so am exempt.

The wording of the letter was a bit strange and so tweaked my suspicion-o-meter; however, I did find a link to them from a gov.uk site, so it looks good.

penners324

Ignore them. They send threatening letters but nothing else they can do

inspectorperez

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/sme-web-hub/whats-new/blogs/data-protection-fee-what-you-need-to-do/

You need to inform ICO the reason/s why you are exempt. This should avoid future reminder letters.