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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the Information Commissioner has complied with the duties set out in section 51 of the Data Protection Act 1998 in promoting good practice by data controllers in relation to charities.

Under s51 of the Data Protection Act 1998 the Information Commissioner has a duty to promote the following of good practice by data controllers. The ICO updated its direct marketing guidance in March 2016, which included examples and references to the charitable sector, and published a webinar on its website which provided specific advice to charities on how to comply with the direct marketing legislation. In addition, the ICO published its updated Privacy Notices Code in October 2016, a checklist for all organisations buying and selling data, including those undertaking direct marketing. All guidance can be found on the ICO's website www.ico.org.uk