The UK's independent authority charged with regulating and enforcing the data protection and freedom of information regimes in the UK. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). For further information, see the Information Commissioner’s Office website. For an overview of the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018, see Practice notes, Overview of UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018: overview.