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The Data Protection Act (DPA) controls how personal information can be used and your rights to ask for information about yourself
The Data Protection Act 2018 controls how your personal information is…
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What you need to know about crossing the UK border and visiting the UK.
You can get a free TV licence if you're 75 or over and you get Pension Credit, or a discount if you're blind or in residential care - who qualifies, how to apply
You usually need a licence from PPL PRS to play live or recorded music in public - includes playing background music at your business, and staging live music or theatre productions.
Find volunteering opportunities, and volunteer rights, pay, expenses, age limits, criminal record checks.
Explore the local archives to help your research into family and local history at your local council
Sets out our vision for music education and how this can be achieved through partnerships with schools, music hubs, the music and creative sector, and others.
Apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate to legally change your gender.
You have the right to see CCTV footage of yourself under the Data Protection Act.
Information on whether you need approval to put on certain types of regulated entertainment.
Report litter to your local council
This note sets out how to take account of social value in the award of central government contracts by using the Social Value Model.
Check your local council for advice on becoming a licensed chaperone for children in the entertainment, modelling or sports
Cyber Essentials is a government-backed, industry-supported scheme to help organisations protect themselves against common online threats.
Find your nearest library to access services such as book loans, CD rentals and internet access
This page introduces the Participation Survey and links to all relevant documents.
Guidance on how digital identity providers can become certified to complete digital identity checks for the 'Right to Work', 'Right to Rent' and DBS schemes.
The Online Safety Bill is a new set of laws to protect children and adults online. It will make social media companies more responsible for their users’ safety on their platforms.
Find out if you could be eligible for cheaper mobile and broadband bills
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