Information Commissioners Office – It’s a bit like the TV licence?

Ready for a 29.8% cost increase? After detailed analysis, the government has decided to:

Introduce legislation to increase the data protection fees across all tiers by 29.8%, as set out below in the table;
Retain the existing three-tier structure, including the applicable criteria for determining fees payable;
retain the £5 discount applicable to Direct Debit payments across all tiers; and retain the current exemptions from the requirement to pay a fee.

Table 1: Data protection fee increases
Tier Current fees New fees
1         £40                £52
2        £60                £78
3     £2,900          £3,763

Tier 1 (micro organisations – maximum turnover of £632,000 or no more than 10 members of staff): £40
Tier 2 (small and medium organisations – maximum turnover of £36 million or no more than 250 members of staff): £60
Tier 3 (large organisations which do not meet criteria for tier 1 or 2): £2900

It’s a bit like the TV licence – tax paid for fear of being caught out. I wonder exactly how many organisations were ACTUALLY prosecuted in any way for failing to have a licence?

Reluctant Landlord