s 251ZC Public censure of relevant IT providers
(1) If the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds to suspect that a relevant IT provider is not complying with an information standard which applies to the provider, the Secretary of State may publish a statement to that effect. (2) The statement may include the text of a notice given to the provider under section 251ZB. (3) Before publishing a statement under this section, the Secretary of State must give the relevant IT provider— (a) a copy of the terms of the proposed statement, and (b) an opportunity to make representations about the decision to publish a statement and the terms of the statement. (4) If, after considering any representations, the Secretary of State decides to publish the statement, the Secretary of State must inform the relevant IT provider before publishing it. (5) This section does not authorise the processing of information if the processing would contravene the data protection legislation (but in determining whether it would do so, take into account the power conferred by this section). (6) In this section, “ the data protection legislation ” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).