Guidance
Intellectual Property Office: privacy notices
Privacy notices regarding personal data processed by the IPO for the administration of IP rights, or data processed under a contract or consent
Documents
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/intellectual-property-office/about/personal-information-charter
Details
These privacy notices will help you to understand:
what personal data the IPO collects about you
how the IPO uses this personal data
what rights you have regarding the personal data we hold about you
If you have any questions, or would like to enforce any of your rights, please contact the Data Protection Officer:
IPO Data Protection Officer
Email: dpo@ipo.gov.uk
Updates to this page
Published 16 May 2018
Last updated
329 JuneJuly 2025
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29 July 2025
Notice for events updated
3 June 2025
The following Privacy notices are updated in relation to Artificial Intelligence (AI): Privacy notice for IPO social media, Privacy notice Freedom of Information requests and Subject Access requests, Privacy notice for personal data processed under a contract or your consent, Privacy notice for personal data processed for consultations, Privacy notice for visitors to IPO Concept House, Privacy notice for employees of an organisation which is a tenant of the IPO, Privacy notice for registering and attending a webinar or live broadcast event at the Intellectual Property Office, Privacy notice for personal data processed when administering funding support to businesses (IP), Privacy notice for personal data processed in the IPOs Procurement Service.
10 April 2025
Section 5 Data Transfers within the Privacy notice for personal data processed for consultations updated.
11 February 2025
Privacy notice for events added.
29 January 2025
Privacy notice for personal data processed for the administration of Intellectual Property Rights updated to include details of our One IPO service and the GOV.UK One Login Service.
14 November 2024
Privacy notices for registering and attending a webinar, Privacy Notice guidance page, Privacy notice for IPO Social Media, and Privacy notice for Freedom of Information and Subject Access Requests updated..
23 September 2024
Privacy notice for registering and attending a webinar or live broadcast event updated.
6 June 2023
Privacy notice for children added.
20 July 2022
Privacy notice for personal data processed in the IPOs Procurement Service added.
4 May 2022
Privacy notice for employees of an organisation which is a tenant of the IPO updated to include new section Processing using your consent added.
21 April 2022
Privacy notice for personal data processed when administering funding support to businesses (IP) added.
17 February 2022
Privacy notices for Consultations, Administration of IP rights, Contract and consent, Visitors and Tenants updated.
17 September 2021
Privacy notice for register for a webinar or live broadcast event at the Intellectual Property Office added.
7 September 2021
New section on Publication of IP rights added.
1 July 2020
Privacy Notice for IPO social media updated.
5 March 2020
Updates to all privacy notices and new privacy notices 'IPO social media' and 'Freedom of Information requests and Subject Access Requests' added.
20 November 2018
Privacy notice for employees of an organisation which is a tenant of the IPO added.
5 September 2018
Privacy notice added for consultations and engagement.
25 May 2018
GDPR compliance statement added.
16 May 2018
First published.