In a rare move, the U.K.’s data regulator clarified former NatWest Chief Executive Alison Rose did not breach the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when she briefed a journalist about the bank’s decision to ax the account of right-wing commentator Nigel Farage.
On Nov. 6, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a public apology to Rose for inferring she breached the GDPR for releasing details about Farage’s accounts and that she—rather than NatWest—was under investigation for it.
