ICO Engage with Metropolitan Police
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 engage with the Metropolitan Police on the preparation of a long-term strategy in relation to alleged media crime with a view to ensuring that the Office is well placed to fulfil any necessary role in this respect in the future, and in particular in the aftermath of Operations Weeting, Tuleta and Elveden.
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 agree a media crime strategy with police. In January 2013, it accepted the recommendation, explaining that it had begun engaging with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) to establish formal policies, though it did not mention Operations Weeting, Tuleta or Elveden (Information Commissioner's Office response, Jan 2013). It stated that it would meet with the MPS in January 2013 to set out protocols and amend guidance (Information Commissioner's Office response, Jan 2013).
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Report-level response context
Government response
●Information Commissioner · Accepted · 7 Jan 2013
The ICO fully accepts this recommendation. Section 10 of the ACPO Manual of Guidance (MoG) sets out the policy and procedure for investigations in relation to cases not involving the police. However, it does not make any specific reference to cases affecting the media. We have already started the process of engaging with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and the Association of Chief Police Officers and will meet with the MPS in January to set out formal policies and protocols for such cases, amending the MoG accordingly.
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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