11
Actions in this sector
5% of the register
9 of 20
Rank by volume
sectors on the register
7
Monetary penalties
4 with a published figure
£1,243,900
Penalties published
largest: South Staffordshire Plc and South Staffordshire Water Plc
2023 to 2026
Span on the register
3 years
What the register shows for this sector
Utilities accounts for 11 of the 216 actions on the register (5%), which makes it the 9th most heavily represented of the 20 sectors the ICO uses. The commonest action here is the monetary penalty, at 7 of 11 (64%). Most actions here name PECR 2003 (10 of 11). 10 were taken under PECR, the marketing and electronic-communications rules, which are counted separately from the UK GDPR throughout this register. 4 organisations appear more than once: Green Spark Energy Ltd (2), Home Improvement Marketing Ltd (2), Crown Glazing Ltd (2), Maxen Power Supply Limited (2).
01Largest penalties in Utilities
| # | Organisation | Date | Action | Law | Penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Staffordshire Plc and South Staffordshire Water Plc | 7 May 2026 | Monetary penalty | UK GDPR | £963,900 |
| 2 | Crown Glazing Ltd | 8 Jun 2023 | Monetary penalty | PECR 2003 | £130,000 |
| 3 | Maxen Power Supply Limited | 8 Jun 2023 | Monetary penalty | PECR 2003 | £120,000 |
| 4 | This Is The Big Deal Limited | 25 Aug 2023 | Monetary penalty | PECR 2003 | £30,000 |
By action type
- Monetary penalty7 (64%)
- Enforcement notice4 (36%)
02Every Utilities action
| Organisation | Date | Action | Law | Penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Staffordshire Plc and South Staffordshire Water Plc | 7 May 2026 | Monetary penalty | UK GDPR | £963,900 |
| Energy Prices Direct Limited | 30 Mar 2026 | Monetary penalty | PECR 2003 | - |
| Green Spark Energy Ltd | 28 Aug 2025 | Enforcement notice | PECR 2003 | - |
| Green Spark Energy Ltd | 28 Aug 2025 | Monetary penalty | PECR 2003 | - |
| Home Improvement Marketing Ltd | 28 Aug 2025 | Enforcement notice | PECR 2003 | - |
| Home Improvement Marketing Ltd | 28 Aug 2025 | Monetary penalty | PECR 2003 | - |
| This Is The Big Deal Limited | 25 Aug 2023 | Monetary penalty | PECR 2003 | £30,000 |
| Crown Glazing Ltd | 8 Jun 2023 | Monetary penalty | PECR 2003 | £130,000 |
| Crown Glazing Ltd | 8 Jun 2023 | Enforcement notice | PECR 2003 | - |
| Maxen Power Supply Limited | 8 Jun 2023 | Monetary penalty | PECR 2003 | £120,000 |
| Maxen Power Supply Limited | 8 Jun 2023 | Enforcement notice | PECR 2003 | - |
03Other sectors
Sector not stated
35
actions, £14,820,000 in penalties
Marketing
28
actions, £1,180,000 in penalties
Criminal justice
26
actions, £816,000 in penalties
General business
20
actions, £5,990,000 in penalties
Local government
20
actions
Finance, insurance and credit
19
actions, £410,000 in penalties
Health
15
actions
Central government
14
actions, £350,000 in penalties
Utilities
11
actions, £1,243,900 in penalties
Online technology and telecoms
7
actions, £28,648,373 in penalties
Retail and manufacture
5
actions, £140,000 in penalties
Charitable and voluntary
4
actions, £25,500 in penalties
Education and childcare
3
actions
Legal
2
actions
Transport and leisure
2
actions
Land or property services
1
action
Media
1
action
Political
1
action
Regulators
1
action
Social care
1
action
04Sector analysis elsewhere on the site
GDPR fines by industry
Which sectors draw the largest fines across the EEA and the UK, and the violations that drive them.
Violation types
Consent, security, transparency and transfers: what regulators actually penalise.
The full ICO register
All 216 published ICO enforcement actions, by year, sector and law.
Provenance and independence
Source: ICO enforcement register (ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/enforcement/), as published on 4 September 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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The ICO's register held 222 entries on that date. 6 of them are prosecutions of named individuals, with ages and home towns in the ICO's own summary. This tracker indexes organisations, so those 6 are excluded and every count on these pages is out of 216. They remain on the ICO's own register.
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