L60 Response Accepted in Part AI-assessed

ICO Public Guidance

Recommendation

The Information Commissioner's Office should take steps to prepare and issue guidance to the public on their individual rights in relation to the obtaining and use by the press of their personal data, and how to exercise those rights.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
According to ICO records from February 2025, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) provides public guidance on individual rights concerning the obtaining and use of personal data by the press, and how to exercise those rights. According to the ICO, this guidance is available on the ICO's website.
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Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 19 Mar 2026
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Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Accepted in Part
Accepted in Part UK Government
29 Nov 2012

The Prime Minister did not specifically address ICO operational recommendations in his 29 November 2012 statement. The Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 124) required the ICO to produce a data protection and journalism code of practice, which was published in 2023. The ICO has acted on several of these recommendations through its statutory functions. Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/david-cameron-statement-in-response-to-the-leveson-inquiry-report

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Note: 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.
Published Evidence

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Confirmed Completed
27 Feb 2025
ICO Other

The ICO provides public guidance on individual rights in relation to data protection, including in the context of press processing of personal data. Guidance is available on the ICO website.

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Public guidance on data protection rights in relation to the press is available.

ICO public guidance View Source
Source
Inquiry Leveson Inquiry
Report An Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press 29 Nov 2012
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Responsible Bodies
Information Commissioner Primary
Themes & Tags
Personal data privacy risks Discriminatory media reporting oversight ICO Data Protection Public Guidance Rights
Recommendation age 13.3 yrs
Last formal update 4863 days ago