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<p>The Data Protection Act 1998 requires every data controller who is processing personal
information to register with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) unless they
are exempt. The ICO’s website sets out the criteria for notification and provides
guidance on the level of fee organisations should be paying. The ICO have also made
it easier for organisations to notify and pay the fee by introducing online payments.</p><p>At
the end of 2015/2016 there were 441,000 data controllers registered with the ICO,
which generated a total income of £18.3 million. Due to the very broad range of exemptions
from the need to notify, and because these exemptions do not need to be actively claimed,
there is no recognised figure for the number of notifiable data controllers in the
UK. It is for data controllers to seek registration; the ICO periodically reminds
organisations of the requirement to notify.</p><p> </p>
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