The PCC received 4,340 complaints in 2007 - an increase of 31% on 2006 and the highest number ever received.
Of the complaints that were specified under the terms of the Code of Practice, approximately two in three were about accuracy in reporting and approximately one in five related to intrusion into privacy of some sort.
The top three complaints involved the Daily Mirror, Heat magazine and the Daily Mail.
An Ipsos MORI poll commissioned by the PCC in March 2008 revealed that 42% of web users aged 16-24 knew someone who had been embarrassed by information uploaded on to the internet without their consent. And 78% of the entire adult online population would change information they publish about themselves online if they thought the material would later be reproduced in the mainstream media. In addition, 89% of web users thought there should be clear guidelines about the type of personal information that can be published online so that they can complain if the material is wrong or intrusive.
Matt, good information about the PCC.
ReplyDeleteDo you think there needs to be a change in the law in relation to privacy laws?
If the law is changed who will enforce the law?