ICO Organisation Review
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 the opportunity to review its organisation and decision-making processes to ensure that large-scale issues, with both strategic and operational dimensions (including the relationship between the culture, practices and ethics of the press in relation to personal information on the one hand, and the application of the data protection regime to the press on the other) can be satisfactorily considered and addressed in the round.
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 review its organisation and decision-making processes. In January 2013, it stated that its management structure and controls were very different from those that existed during the events examined in detail by the Inquiry (Information Commissioner's Office response, Jan 2013). It explained in January 2013 that its current arrangements were designed to ensure that large-scale issues with both strategic and operational dimensions are properly considered and addressed in the round (Information Commissioner's Office response, Jan 2013). The record holds nothing dated later than the response of January 2013 (Information Commissioner's Office response, Jan 2013).
Sources
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Report-level response context
Government response
●Information Commissioner · Accepted · 7 Jan 2013
As explained above the management structure and controls that we now have in place are very different from those that existed at the time of the events Lord Justice Leveson looked at in the greatest detail. The current arrangements are designed to ensure that large scale issues with both strategic and operational dimensions are properly considered and addressed in the round.
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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