What Should a UK Privacy Policy Include in 2026?

A Privacy Policy is a legal requirement for any UK website that collects personal data. Here's exactly what yours must cover under UK GDPR and the Data (Use…

If your website collects any personal data — even just an email address from a contact form — you are legally required to publish a Privacy Policy. Here is what it must cover.

Under UK GDPR (the UK's version of the EU General Data Protection Regulation, retained after Brexit and supplemented by the Data Protection Act 2018), every organisation that processes personal data must provide transparent information about what they do with it. A Privacy Policy is the standard way to meet this obligation. Without one, you are in breach of data protection law and can be subject to ICO enforcement.

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