London Privacy Register

The Mayor of London's Privacy Register provides greater openness around smart city technologies operating in our public spaces. The Privacy Register is part of the Emerging Technology Charter for London to guide the trialling and use of data gathering smart city technologies, and the Public London Charter which sets out the rights and responsibilities of the users, owners and managers of new public spaces.

When a project is likely to result in a high risk to individuals' privacy, organisations are currently required to undertake a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIAs), a legal obligation to minimise risks identified. A privacy notice is also required when handling personal information, this tells everybody why personal information is being collected, for what purpose, where it is stored, and for how long.

London’s new Privacy Register creates a central catalogue of DPIAs of smart city projects that collect personal information in public spaces. By publishing this in one place for the first time, it will enable public transparency and support good practice amongst operators.

The Register is currently published as a Beta, meaning it's the first public iteration of the service. It may change and improve over time following feedback from users. We also aim to expand the scope of the Register by on-boarding local authorities and others in coming months.

See the new register of smart city DPIAs.