>> Businesses that only use data for routine purposes like staff administration, accounts and advertising are exempt In theory only. I was a one man band with

>> Businesses that only use data for routine purposes like staff administration, accounts and advertising are exempt In theory only. I was a one man band with zero consumer data handling, and they insisted I pay the fee. Back when I had faith in institutions, I reported some really grievous mishandling of consumer data to them, several times, and they were not remotely interested.