Received the letter from ICO saying we might need to stump up £40 to register. "We expect to hear from you by 27th March" they said. Well don't hold your breath, since nobody is legally obliged to contact them if they are exempt, so they can expect away.It then says on their website that even if you are exempt, you might still want to pay the registration fee. Which is like the DVLA saying that even if you don't have a car, you might want to buy Vehicle Tax.There doesn't appear to be any benefit to the businesses that are paying the £40 fee, other than avoiding a £4,000 fine.Which brings me on to...The number of businesses fined that have not paid the fee is just over 300, with the average fine being around 400 quid (not the £4,000 maximum that they make out). I guess the fact that they didn't make enough money last year is what's fuelling the letters.
