Recommendations: Leveson Inquiry

The procedural provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 with special application to journalism in: (a) section 32(4) and (5) (b) sections …

In conjunction with the repeal of those procedural provisions, consideration should be given to the desirability of including in the Data Protection …

Specific provision should be made to the effect that, in considering the exercise of any of its powers in relation to the …

The necessary steps should be taken to bring into force the amendments made to section 55 of the Data Protection Act 1998 …

The prosecution powers of the Information Commissioner should be extended to include any offence which also constitutes a breach of the data …

A new duty should be introduced (whether formal or informal) for the Information Commissioner's Office to consult with the Crown Prosecution Service …

The opportunity should be taken to consider amending the Data Protection Act 1998 formally to reconstitute the Information Commissioner's Office as an …

The Information Commissioner's Office should take immediate steps to prepare, adopt and publish a policy on the exercise of its formal regulatory …

In discharge of its functions and duties to promote good practice in areas of public concern, the Information Commissioner's Office should take …

The Information Commissioner's Office should take steps to prepare and issue guidance to the public on their individual rights in relation to …

In particular, the Information Commissioner's Office should take immediate steps to publish advice aimed at individuals (data subjects) concerned that their data …

The Information Commissioner's Office, in the Annual Report to Parliament which it is required to make by virtue of section 52(1) of …

The Information Commissioner's Office should immediately adopt the Guidelines for Prosecutors on assessing the public interest in cases affecting the media, issued …

The Information Commissioner's Office should take immediate steps to engage with the Metropolitan Police on the preparation of a long-term strategy in …

The Information Commissioner's Office should take the opportunity to review the availability to it of specialist legal and practical knowledge of the …

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 …

On the basis that the provisions of s77-78 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 are brought into effect, so that …

The Home Office should consider and, if necessary, consult upon: (a) whether paragraph 2(b) of Schedule 1 to the Police and Criminal …

There should be a review of damages generally available for breach of data protection, privacy, breach of confidence or any other media-related …

The Civil Justice Council should consider the level of damages in privacy, breach of confidence and data protection cases, being prepared to …

The Report of the Law Commission on Aggravated, Exemplary and Restitutionary Damages should be adopted in relation to its recommendations that legislation …

Exemplary damages (whether so described or renamed as punitive damages) should be available for actions for breach of privacy, breach of confidence …

The Civil Procedure Rules should be amended to require the court, when considering the appropriate order for costs at the conclusion of …

In the absence of the provision of an approved mechanism for dispute resolution, available through an independent regulator without cost to the …

The term 'off-the-record briefing' should be discontinued. The term 'non-reportable briefing' should be used to cover a background briefing which is not …

It should be mandatory for ACPO rank officers to record all of their contact with the media, and for that record to …

The simple rule included within the 'Interim ACPO Guidance for Relationships with the Media' should be adopted as good practice. This is: …

The Police Service should re-examine the rigour of the auditing process and the frequency of the conduct of audits in relation to …

The recent ACPO Guidance should more specifically spell out the dangers of consuming alcohol in a setting of casual hospitality (without necessarily …

Consideration should be given to the terms upon which ACPO rank officers are appointed and, in particular, whether these terms should include …

An enhanced system for protection of whistleblowers and for providing assistance for the Police Service on general ethical issues should at least …

As a first step, political leaders should reflect constructively on the merits of publishing on behalf of their party a statement setting …

Party Leaders, Ministers and Front Bench Opposition spokesmen should consider publishing: (a) the simple fact of long term relationships with media proprietors, …

The suggestions that I have made in the direction of greater transparency about meetings and contacts should be considered not just as …

The particular public policy goals of ensuring that citizens are informed and preventing too much influence in any one pair of hands …

Online publication should be included in any market assessment for consideration of plurality.

Ofcom and the Government should work, with the industry, on the measurement framework, in order to achieve as great a measure of …

The levels of influence that would give rise to concerns in relation to plurality must be lower, and probably considerably lower, than …

Ofcom has presented the Inquiry and the Government with a full menu of potential remedies, and it has not been argued or …

The Government should consider whether periodic plurality reviews or an extension to the public interest test within the markets regime in competition …

Before making a decision to refer a media merger to the competition authorities on public interest grounds, the Secretary of State should …

The Secretary of State should remain responsible for public interest decisions in relation to media mergers. The Secretary of State should be …