The warning was made last week by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA), which has received a number of calls from concerned nurseries.
According to the NDNA, some settings had received a letter from a company calling itself the Data Protection Agency Registration Ltd, asking for a Pounds 117.25 fee to register them and warning that otherwise they would risk the fine.
NDNA spokeswoman Claire Schofield said, 'Several companies with names that sound as official as possible have been approaching nurseries about data protection, with fees ranging from 85 upwards and tending to use scare tactics. The Data Protection Register (DPR) has advised us that there are a number of these agencies operating across the country and they should be reported to the local trading standards office.'
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