Public Inquiry Recommendations

L58 Accepted

Leveson Inquiry (2012)

ICO Policy on Press Regulation

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 …

L59 Accepted

Leveson Inquiry (2012)

ICO Good Practice Guidelines

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

L60 Accepted

Leveson Inquiry (2012)

ICO Public Guidance

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 …

L61 Accepted

Leveson Inquiry (2012)

ICO Advice for Data Subjects

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

L62 Accepted

Leveson Inquiry (2012)

ICO Annual Report on Press

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 Act, should include regular updates on the …

L63 Accepted

Leveson Inquiry (2012)

ICO Adopt DPP Guidelines

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

L64 Accepted

Leveson Inquiry (2012)

ICO Engage with Metropolitan Police

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 …

L65 Accepted

Leveson Inquiry (2012)

ICO Specialist Knowledge Review

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

L66 Accepted

Leveson Inquiry (2012)

ICO Organisation Review

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 …

L68 Accepted

Leveson Inquiry (2012)

PACE Amendments Consideration

The Home Office should consider and, if necessary, consult upon: (a) whether paragraph 2(b) of Schedule 1 to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) should be repealed; (b) …

L72 Accepted

Leveson Inquiry (2012)

Exemplary Damages for Media Torts

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

L75 Accepted

Leveson Inquiry (2012)

Discontinue Off-the-record Term

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 to be reported, and the term 'embargoed briefing' …

L76 Accepted

Leveson Inquiry (2012)

ACPO Media Contact Recording

It should be mandatory for ACPO rank officers to record all of their contact with the media, and for that record to be available publicly for transparency and audit purposes. …

L77 Accepted

Leveson Inquiry (2012)

Police Media Contact Rule

The simple rule included within the 'Interim ACPO Guidance for Relationships with the Media' should be adopted as good practice. This is: "Police officers and staff should ask: 'am I …

L78 Accepted

Leveson Inquiry (2012)

PNC Access Auditing

The Police Service should re-examine the rigour of the auditing process and the frequency of the conduct of audits in relation to access to the Police National Computer (PNC). Additional …

L79 Accepted

Leveson Inquiry (2012)

ACPO Guidance on Hospitality

The recent ACPO Guidance should more specifically spell out the dangers of consuming alcohol in a setting of casual hospitality (without necessarily specifying a blanket ban).

L80 Accepted

Leveson Inquiry (2012)

ACPO Post-employment Restrictions

Consideration should be given to the terms upon which ACPO rank officers are appointed and, in particular, whether these terms should include some limitation upon the nature of any employment …

L81 Accepted

Leveson Inquiry (2012)

Enhanced Whistleblower Protection

An enhanced system for protection of whistleblowers and for providing assistance for the Police Service on general ethical issues should at least comprise the following: (a) greater prominence should be …

L83 Accepted

Leveson Inquiry (2012)

Disclosure of Media Contacts

Party Leaders, Ministers and Front Bench Opposition spokesmen should consider publishing: (a) the simple fact of long term relationships with media proprietors, newspaper editors or senior executives which might be …