Information Commissioner’s Office consultation on its draft Journalism Code

In October 2021,  the Information Commissioner’s Office published its draft journalism code of practice and opened it up to consultation. The draft code, which runs to 93 pages, covers some particularly challenging issues for the media industry. The MLA in its response raise a number of concerns, in particular that the code is in parts unwieldy and overly prescriptive.  In order to better illustrate some of the concerns, the MLA have also submitted a copy of the code marked up with suggested changes.