ICO and CMA cooperate on regulating data protection and competition

20/05/2021 | ICO

The ICO and the CMA have acknowledged the need to collaborate on the intersection of data protection and competition in a joint statement issued yesterday. Through an updated Memorandum of Understanding, the two regulators affirmed the complementary nature of the two topics. The current and future collaboration between the offices falls under the Digital Regulatory Cooperation Forum, which works to maintain a coordinated regulatory approach across U.K. online services. Read the joint press release posted on the government website.

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