News - IPCO

Cookie Policy - IPCO

UN’s International Intelligence Oversight Forum meets in London - IPCO

Accessibility Statement - IPCO

Bulk powers - IPCO

Warrant granting departments - IPCO

Inspection Statistics Archive - IPCO

Organisations we oversee - IPCO

Review of Consolidated Guidance - IPCO

Archive - IPCO

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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April 2025

March 2025

Investigatory Powers Commissioner's Office

Title / URL	Issues
News - IPCOwww.ipco.org.uk/news/page/2/	3
Cookie Policy - IPCOwww.ipco.org.uk/cookie-policy/	3
UN’s International Intelligence Oversight Forum meets in London - IPCOwww.ipco.org.uk/news/uns-international-intelligence-oversight-forum-meets-in-london/	3
Accessibility Statement - IPCOwww.ipco.org.uk/accessibility/	3
Bulk powers - IPCOwww.ipco.org.uk/what-we-do/inspections/carrying-out-an-inspection/bulk-powers/	3
Warrant granting departments - IPCOwww.ipco.org.uk/what-we-do/organisations-we-oversee/warrant-granting-departments/	3
Inspection Statistics Archive - IPCOwww.ipco.org.uk/what-we-do/inspections/inspection-quarterly-statistics-archive/	3
Organisations we oversee - IPCOwww.ipco.org.uk/what-we-do/organisations-we-oversee/	3
Review of Consolidated Guidance - IPCOwww.ipco.org.uk/news/review-of-consolidated-guidance/	3
Archive - IPCOwww.ipco.org.uk/publications/archive/	3

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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