Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), you need to tell people about the information you hold, including how you'll use it and for what purpose. You also need to tell them about their privacy rights and how the law protects them. You can use this privacy notice to do this (it's sometimes also known as a privacy policy or privacy statement).

This privacy notice is designed for situations where you take someone's personal information in-person - e.g. in a shop, or when visiting a customer's home. It also includes a separate, short-form privacy notice (we'll explain how and when you might want to use this).

If you need a privacy notice for sales conducted online via a website, or if your website uses cookies or collects information in any other way, use our Privacy and cookie notice for a website instead.

Also, don't use this notice in relation to personal information about your current or prospective staff - use our Privacy notice for employers instead. We also have a Privacy notice for landlords.