Free UK landlord tool

Landlord GDPR check

Six questions, taken from the ICO's own guidance for landlords. You'll find out whether you need to pay the £52 data protection fee (£47 by direct debit), why, and what you owe your tenants either way. Then we can email you a privacy notice built from your answers.

Nothing leaves your browser unless you ask for the PDF — the result is worked out on your own device.

How is the property managed?
Which of these do you do?
Do you keep everything on paper?

Only tick this if you use no computer, phone or email for tenant information at all. A spreadsheet, scanned documents or a referencing portal all count as automated.

Questions about this tool

Is this really free?

Yes, and there is no account to create. Answer the questions and you get the result on screen. If you want the privacy notice PDF as well, we ask for an email address to send it to — that is the only thing we ask for.

Do I have to agree to marketing to get the PDF?

No. The document is sent whether or not you tick the marketing box, and the box is unticked to begin with. Consent has to be freely given to be worth anything, so making the download conditional on it would make the consent invalid — and it would be a poor look on a page about data protection.

Is this legal advice?

No. It follows the ICO's published guidance for landlords and links to the ICO's own self-assessment, which is the binding answer on whether you must pay the fee. The privacy notice it generates is a starting point to check and adapt, not a document to send unread.

What do you do with my answers?

If you ask for the PDF, we store your answers and the result alongside your email address, so we have a record of what we told you. We do not sell them and we do not share them. If you do not ask for the PDF, nothing leaves your browser at all — the result is worked out on your own device.

How much is the ICO fee?

£52 a year for tier 1, which covers any organisation with 10 or fewer staff or turnover under £632,000 — effectively every private landlord. Paying by direct debit takes £5 off, making it £47. The maximum penalty for not paying is £4,350.

Disclaimer: This tool is general information for UK landlords, not legal advice. It follows the ICO's published guidance; the ICO's self-assessment is the authoritative answer on whether you must pay.

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