Rhinehart StudioGuides
Plain-English UK compliance guides for small businesses
Cookies, privacy notices, the ICO fee, website disclosures, PECR fines and AI in advertising. Each guide links to the official sources (ICO, legislation.gov.uk, GOV.UK, ASA), so you can check for yourself.
Checked on 25 October 2026. General information, not legal advice.
Does a UK cookie banner need a “Reject all” button?
What UK law and the ICO’s final 2026 cookie guidance say about Reject all buttons, the new consent exceptions for analytics, and how to test your own banner.
Read the guide →The ICO data protection fee: who has to pay, and how much
Current ICO data protection fee tiers (£52, £78, £3,763), who is exempt, the penalties for not paying, and how to check the register. Checked against ICO and legislation.gov.uk.
Read the guide →What must a UK small business website show by law?
A plain-English checklist of UK website legal requirements: company details, sole-trader details, E-Commerce Regulations, consumer pre-contract information, cookies, privacy and reviews.
Read the guide →Writing a privacy notice for a UK small business
What a UK small business privacy notice must include under UK GDPR Articles 13 and 14, including the new right to complain to you from June 2026, plus common gaps and a simple structure.
Read the guide →PECR fines are now up to £17.5 million: what changed for cookies and marketing
How the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 raised maximum PECR fines for cookies, marketing emails, texts and calls from £500,000 to UK GDPR levels from 5 February 2026.
Read the guide →Do you have to label AI-generated ads in the UK?
What the ASA and CAP Code say about AI in advertising: when to disclose AI, when a label won’t save a misleading ad, deepfakes, AI “customers” and fake reviews.
Read the guide →Want someone to check your site?
The £79 Website Compliance Check tests your cookies, banner, privacy notice, company disclosures and ICO registration, and gives you a human-reviewed report. The £19/month Compliance Monitor re-checks every week. For AI video ads that stay within the rules, see the AI Ad Studio.
Or get one practical fix a week in the Weekly Brief.