Do I have to register with the ICO

[Cazmac1]

Hi Guys, sorry if this has already been brought up but can anyone tell me if I need to register with the ICO, I have received a threatening letter from them warning me to register or possibly get a £4000 fine. Until today I have never heard of them so initially thought it was a scam. I have a limited company and am a one man band. I do not hold or process personally data other than my telephone contacts. There assessment tool is a joke apparently I'm in the same band as a company that earns 600,000 a year LOL. If Only, I'm sick to death with these bolt on business costs , fast getting to the point where I feel like just going on the cards with some firm.

 

[snowhead]

Untill you register they don't know how big your company or business is, so they'll assume the biggest,
And there was plenty of warning about having to register before the deadline.

Notes to Editors:

1. The fees and fines are:
   
   • Tier 1 – micro organisations. Maximum turnover of £632,000 or no more than ten members of staff. Fee: £40 Fine: £400
   • Tier 2 – SMEs. Maximum turnover of £36million or no more than 250 members of staff. Fee: £60 Fine: £600
   • Tier 3 – large organisations. Those not meeting the criteria of Tiers 1 or 2. Fee: £2,900. Fine £4,000

 

[SJD]

If you visit the ICO website, you can take a short questionnaire to see, as a small business, if you are exempt. If you are only storing/using certain information for core business purposes such as your suppliers & customers (e.g. as an electrician) then you may well be exempt, with no fee to pay.

 

[Wilko]

Hi - Reading this my heart skipped a beat as I was clueless (not the first time ...).

Here’s the link to that self assessment :
Registration self-assessment - https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/data-protection-fee/self-assessment/

And the get out of jail card for me was Question 8 where we are asked why we have the Customer data. My answer was for my own use for accounts and marketing purposes. The result was no extra fee payable, whew.

 

[Cazmac1]

Totally agree, I have sent a letter to them complaining about tone and the assumptions made. Really ----ed me off.
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Untill you register they don't know how big your company or business is, so they'll assume the biggest,
And there was plenty of warning about having to register before the deadline.

Notes to Editors:

1. The fees and fines are:
   
   • Tier 1 – micro organisations. Maximum turnover of £632,000 or no more than ten members of staff. Fee: £40 Fine: £400
   • Tier 2 – SMEs. Maximum turnover of £36million or no more than 250 members of staff. Fee: £60 Fine: £600
   • Tier 3 – large organisations. Those not meeting the criteria of Tiers 1 or 2. Fee: £2,900. Fine £4,000

I have never heard of them before today and have never had any contact form them until my accounted forwarded me their letter. There are acting like some kind of thug clamping firm.
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Totally agree, I have sent a letter to them complaining about tone and the assumptions made. Really ----ed me off.
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I have never heard of them before today and have never had any contact form them until my accounted forwarded me their letter. There are acting like some kind of thug clamping firm.

Does this mean you need to register in order to get an exemption.

 

[davesparks]

I have never heard of them before today and have never had any contact form them until my accounted forwarded me their letter. There are acting like some kind of thug clamping firm.

How did you manage to miss the whole GDPR thing happening?

 

[Cazmac1]

How did you manage to miss the whole GDPR thing happening?

I wish I could tell you, maybe I've been living in an alternate universe and have only just returned.

 

[davesparks]

I wish I could tell you, maybe I've been living in an alternate universe and have only just returned.

Wow, that's quite an impressive feat considering how far reaching it is.
Do you not receive any subscription or advertising emails, communications from your bank, accounts with suppliers etc?

 

[Cazmac1]

Wow, that's quite an impressive feat considering how far reaching it is.
Do you not receive any subscription or advertising emails, communications from your bank, accounts with suppliers etc?

Why do these threads all end the same way. goodnight