ICO Policy on Press Regulation
Leveson Inquiry · An Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press · Issued 29 November 2012 · Addressed to: Information Commissioner
Government responseInformation Commissioner: Accepted (Jan 2013)
DeliveryNo statement from Information Commissioner found
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
The Information Commissioner's Office should take immediate steps to prepare, adopt and publish a policy on the exercise of its formal regulatory functions in order to ensure that the press complies with the legal requirements of the data protection regime.
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 asked the Information Commissioner's Office to publish a press regulation policy. In January 2013, it accepted the recommendation and stated that it was revising its Data Protection Regulatory Action Policy to address how it would regulate the press (Information Commissioner's Office response, Jan 2013). That statement described revising the policy, but did not mention adopting or publishing it (Information Commissioner's Office response, Jan 2013).
Sources
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Report-level response context
Government response
●Information Commissioner · Accepted · 7 Jan 2013
The ICO accepts this recommendation. We are now in the process of revising our Data Protection Regulatory Action Policy so that it specifically addresses how we will use our regulatory powers to ensure that the press complies with the legal requirements of the data protection regime.
Extract from: The Information Commissioner's Response to the Leveson Report on the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press
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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