Part 1: Digital Markets Investigatory powers etc Section 69: Power to require information
This section gives the CMA the power to require any person (subject to section 111 (Extra-territorial application)), including a designated undertaking and any other party believed to hold relevant material, to provide information needed for its operation of the regime. This includes information in any form, which might include data, correspondence, forecasts and estimates.
	Subsection (1) sets out that the CMA can require any person, including a designated undertaking, to produce any information which the CMA considers relevant to its operation of the regime. Section 118(1) (General interpretation) defines "information".
	Subsection (3) sets out content requirements for an information notice. The notice must set out the time and place it requires the information to be produced as well as how it must be shared with the CMA. For example, a notice might specify the format in which a dataset should be provided and how it should be transferred (e.g. by hard drive or uploaded to a secure server). It must also set out the consequences of not complying with the notice, as a person could face penalties or prosecution for failing to comply.
	Subsection (4) provides a non-exhaustive description of what the recipient of an information notice could be required to produce or generate.
	Paragraph (a) covers copies of or extracts from information.
	Paragraph (b) covers obtaining or generating information, including information that does not yet exist.
	Paragraph (c) covers enabling the CMA to compel evidence collection by requiring a person to collect and retain information that it may not otherwise collect and retain.
	Paragraph (d) imposes a duty on the recipient of an information notice - in cases where specified information is not given to the CMA - to explain where the requested information might be and why it has not been shared with the CMA.
	Subsection (5) sets out how the CMA may require information to be obtained or generated under subsection (4) (b). Subsection (5) (a) specifies that the CMA can require an undertaking to amend its business processes, including processes that might affect its users, and report the outcomes. Subsection (5) (b) specifies that the CMA can require a person to carry out a specified demonstration or test. For example, under subsection (5) the CMA might require a designated undertaking to demonstrate a technical process with examples, such as how an algorithm operates, or to undertake testing or field trials of its algorithms and report the outcomes. This could include the CMA specifying relevant input data, parameters and other aspects of the test or demonstration.
	Subsection (7) specifies that the CMA can require the recipient of an information notice to give the CMA information - either in physical or electronic form - which is located outside the United Kingdom.