DPR: Exemption: A Self Assessment Guide

Notification Exemptions: A Self Assessment Guide

Some data controllers do not need to notify

	By working through questions 1-9 you will be able to determine if notification is required.
	The sequence of questions is such that if there is no possibility of an exemption for you this will be made clear very quickly.
	Exemptions are possible for:
	Data controllers who only process personal data for: staff administration (including payroll) advertising, marketing and public relations (For their own business) accounts and records Some Not For Profit organisations The processing of personal data for personal, family or household affairs (including recreational purposes) The maintenance of a Public Register

Exemption for Individuals

Individuals who are processing personal data for personal, family or household affairs are exempt from notification and the other provisions of the Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 2001.

Exemption for Data Controllers

	Data controllers who are exempt from notification must comply with the other provisions of the Law.
	Further information about compliance can be obtained from the sources on the back page of the "Notification Exemptions - a self assessment guide" booklet.
	Data controllers who are exempt from notification may choose to notify voluntarily.
	Data controllers who are exempt from notification and have not notified the relevant particulars of their processing of personal data are under an obligation under section 24 of the Law to disclose such particulars free of charge within 21 days of receiving such as request.
	Voluntary notification relieves an exempt data controller from such an obligation.