Charities: Data Protection

(asked on 6th March 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government has taken to ensure charities are able to access necessary support after General Data Protection Regulations legislation becomes effective on 25 May 2018.


Answered by
Margot James Portrait
Margot James
This question was answered on 12th March 2018

All UK businesses together with all organisations that process personal data will be required to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) after 25th May 2018 and the UK's full data protection regime as set out in the Data Protection Bill. However, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) have made it clear that GDPR compliance will be an ongoing journey.

The ICO provides guidance and support to UK organisations and have already published a number of resources on the Commissioner's website (ico.org.uk) to help organisations prepare. The ICO has: launched a dedicated helpline service for smaller organisations; updated its 'SME toolkit' to reflect the requirements of the GDPR; simplified its "12-step" GDPR preparation guidance; and published tailored advice for charities.

The ICO will continue to provide support for organisations on the new laws.

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