Difficult path ahead for new ICO head John Edwards
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Neil Hodge2022-01-12T19:16:00
The United Kingdom’s newly appointed information commissioner, John Edwards, might find it hard to steer a successful path between ensuring citizens’ data rights are preserved while also trying to make U.K. laws more palatable for data-driven business.
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