The Information Commissioner’s Office is the UK’s independent authority set up to uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals. Information on how to find out what information is held about you, how to correct information which is wrong, how to stop junk mail, unwanted sales calls and spam emails.

Under the Data Protection Act, those who collect and use personal information have to follow rules of good practice for handling information (called the data protection principles). Explains what to do if want to access your information or if you think someone has not handled your personal information properly.

Information on how safe it is to share personal information on social networking sites and what you can do to protect your privacy.