The servant of two masters: ICO and OFCOM Joint statement on online safety and data protection – coordination so service providers can comply with both
December 08, 2022
On 25 November 2022, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the Office of Communications (OFCOM) (together, the Regulators) released a joint statement setting out their shared views on the interactions between online safety and data protection (the Statement). The Statement, which is primarily intended for online services providers in scope of the Online Safety Bill, follows the recent announcement that the Online Safety Bill will return to Parliament and be provisionally debated on the 5 December.