Useful links

Official United Kingdom sources specific to the Data Protection Act 2018 that a practitioner is likely to need day to day, grouped by type and ordered by likely usefulness. All links were checked on 19 September 2026.

1. The legislation

• Data Protection Act 2018, latest available version on legislation.gov.uk legislation.gov.uk
• Data Protection Act 2018: Explanatory Notes legislation.gov.uk
• UK GDPR (retained Regulation (EU) 2016/679) legislation.gov.uk
• Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 legislation.gov.uk
• Data (Use and Access) Act 2025: Explanatory Notes legislation.gov.uk
• Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/904) legislation.gov.uk
• Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/386) legislation.gov.uk
• Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/1015): sections 117(4)(a), 118 and 119 in force 30 September 2026 legislation.gov.uk
• Data Protection (Charges and Information) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/480) legislation.gov.uk

2. UK guidance

• Guide to data protection (ICO) ico.org.uk
• UK GDPR guidance and resources (ICO) ico.org.uk
• Data (Use and Access) Act 2025: factsheets (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) gov.uk
• Data (Use and Access) Act: supporting documents (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) gov.uk

3. Statutory codes of practice

• Data sharing: a code of practice (ICO, section 121) ico.org.uk
• Age appropriate design code (Children's code) (ICO, section 123) ico.org.uk

4. Notification and reporting

• Report a personal data breach (ICO) ico.org.uk
• Data protection fee and registration (ICO, section 137) ico.org.uk
• Make a complaint (ICO, section 165) ico.org.uk

5. Regulators and authorities

• Information Commissioner's Office ico.org.uk
• Enforcement action (ICO, Part 6) ico.org.uk
• Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (GOV.UK) gov.uk