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UK: ICO responds to criticism of draft Data Protection and Journalism Code of Practice
The Information Commissioner's Office ('ICO') published, on 21 December 2022, a blog by John Edwards, Information Commissioner, responding to criticism of the draft Data Protection and Journalism Code of Practice, following a letter sent to government by three national newspaper editors. In particular, Edwards outlined that, as a result of the Leveson Inquiry and public concern about journalists acting beyond the law, the UK Parliament decided to expressly include journalists and the press as subject to data protection law, and tasked the ICO with creating the Data Protection and Journalism Code of Practice to assist the media in understanding and meeting their statutory obligations.
Furthermore, Edwards determined that there is no content of the code which constitutes a limit on the freedom of the press. In addition, Edwards highlighted that the draft code remains under review, following a consultation on the same, and that the ICO has been speaking with journalists and those in the media throughout, to understand how data is used and how the law might apply to them.
You can read the blog here.
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