The Investigatory Powers Commissioner will publish correspondence of relevance to their responsibilities. This includes sharing updates, guidance and advice on how investigatory powers are to be used.
09 September 2025
Following publication of the chart titled “Top 10 CD application types by communications data (CD) application volume May–July 2025”, we have identified an error in the underlying data processing. This resulted in the filtering of applications that should have been included, leading to a significant undercount in the total volume presented.
We have now resolved this issue and published the corrected chart here. We apologise for any confusion caused.
31 July 2025
Letter from the Rt Hon. Lord Justice Singh, President of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, to the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, Sir Brian Leveson, in the case of Beth v Security Service [2025] UKIPTrib 8.
09 June 2025
An update from the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, sent to all organisations overseen by IPCO.
29 January 2025
An update from the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, sent to all organisations overseen by IPCO.
20 October 2024
An update from the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, sent to all organisations overseen by IPCO.
01 July 2024
An update from the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, sent to all organisations overseen by IPCO.
29 April 2024
An update from the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, sent to all organisations overseen by IPCO.
25 April 2024
Letter in response to Reprieve on publication of statistics relating to The Principles.
21 December 2023
An update from the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, sent to all organisations overseen by IPCO.
