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ICO and Regulatory Membership

Leveson Inquiry · An Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press · Issued 29 November 2012 · Addressed to: Information Commissioner

Government responseInformation Commissioner: Noted (Jan 2013)

DeliveryNo statement from Information Commissioner found

Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry

●Inquiry recommendation

In any reconsideration of the powers of the Information Commissioner (or replacement body), power should be given to that body to determine that membership of a satisfactory regulatory body, which required appropriate governance and transparency standards from its members in relation to compliance with data protection legislation and good practice, should be taken into account when considering whether it is necessary or proportionate to take any steps in relation to a subscriber to that body.

Leveson Inquiry, An Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press · 29 Nov 2012 Source PDF →

Published evidence summary

AI-generated evidence summary

The Inquiry recommended taking regulatory body membership into account during data protection enforcement. In January 2013, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) acknowledged "the importance of Lord Justice Leveson’s recommendations about the recognition the ICO might be able to give" (Information Commissioner’s Office response, Jan 2013). The response does not mention statutory powers or considering membership when taking enforcement steps (Information Commissioner’s Office response, Jan 2013).

AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 1 Oct 2026.

Report-level response context

PM David Cameron responded to all 92 recommendations with a single statement accepting them "in principle" or "in part". No per-recommendation response was published.

Government response

●Information Commissioner · Noted · 7 Jan 2013

Words of: Information Commissioner’s Office, institutional response in The Information Commissioner’s Response to the Leveson Report, 7 January 2013

We also acknowledge the importance of Lord Justice Leveson’s recommendations about the recognition the ICO might be able to give

Extract from: The Information Commissioner’s Response to the Leveson Report on the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press

Site note: The Information Commissioner’s response of 7 January 2013 (page 9) acknowledges the importance of the proposed recognition role. It leaves the ICO’s wider role to Government and Parliament and describes resource and policy implications. This is a qualified acknowledgment, recorded as noted; it does not establish acceptance of the specific statutory power or its implementation. The archived full response was checked on 30 September 2026.

Delivery

No statement on delivery from Information Commissioner has been found in the sources searched. This is separate from the response above.

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