Regulator to begin legal action over unpaid fees

The government body which oversees data protection in Jersey is to start legal action against multiple organisations over unpaid fees, it says.

The Jersey Office of the Information Commissioner (JOIC) confirmed the unnamed groups had failed to pay an annual data protection fee, which funds the JOIC's work to "make the island a safe place to live and do business".

Under Jersey law, companies are required to pay the annual fee, which can be anywhere between £70 to £1,600, depending on the size of the organisation.

The JOIC said groups had been "non-compliant" despite its attempts to make contact with them, and that they would now be sent a letter to begin "a formal debt recovery process".

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