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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Luke O'Reilly

Editors call on Government to exempt press from data protection laws

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A group of British newspaper editors have called on the Government to save the UK’s media from the Information Commissioner’s proposed data protection and journalism code of practice.

Editors from the Daily Telegraph, The Times and Mail Newspapers have written to Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan and Justice Secretary Dominic Raab asking they use the Government’s proposed Bill of Rights to exempt the UK’s media from the “shackles” of data protection law.

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