New tool launched to help small businesses create privacy notices
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Posted: Wed 21st Aug 2024
A new online tool has been launched by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to help small businesses comply with their data protection obligations.
Under the law, every organisation that holds people's information must explain why it holds it and what it does with it. Businesses can do that by displaying a privacy notice on its website or in other communications.
To help businesses comply, the ICO's new privacy notice generator can be used to create tailored privacy notices relevant to various sectors including finance, insurance, legal, education, childcare; health and social care, charities, retail and manufacturing.
The tool offers two different types of privacy notice; one for customer and supplier information, which businesses can display on their website or external communications, and another for staff and volunteer information, for inclusion in welcome packs, policy libraries or other internal channels.
Faye Spencer, head of business services at ICO, said:
"We're always looking for ways to make data protection compliance simple and stress-free for smaller organisations and start-ups, who tend to have less time and fewer resources.
"Our new privacy notice generator is a quick and easy solution that provides smaller organisations with the support they need, so they can concentrate on what they're good at, serving the needs of their customers and growing their organisation."
Relevant resources
Basic data protection: Are you compliant?
Data protection: How to make sure your small business is following the law
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