Part 4: Other duties of providers of regulated user-to-user services and regulated search services Chapter 5: Transparency Reporting Section 77: Transparency reports about certain Part 3 Services
This section requires providers of relevant services to publish annual transparency reports and sets out OFCOM’s powers in relation to these reports. The information set out in transparency reports is intended to help users understand the steps providers are taking to keep them safe, and to provide OFCOM with the information required to hold them to account.
	Transparency reports are required from Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B services, as included in the register of categories of certain Part 3 Services (established under section 95). OFCOM may request different types of information depending on which category a particular service meets the conditions for. The Secretary of State may change by regulations the frequency of production of transparency reports, and must consult OFCOM before doing so.