Data Protection Code of Practice for the Press raises the prospect of enhanced protection for ordinary data subjects.
20 February 2013
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Five days ago, the Conservatives outlined their plans for implementing the Leveson Recommendations (the “Recommendations”) by creating an independent panel, established by Royal Charter, to verify that any new press regulator is effective. Yesterday, the Information Commissioner put a spanner in these works; he has published outline plans for his own voluntary Code of Practice and is consulting on its possible content. This blog explains why an ICO Code of Practice, if eventually published, could help aggrieved data subjects, and
