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.

Neil Hodge is a freelance business journalist and photographer based in Nottingham, United Kingdom. He writes on insurance and risk management, corporate governance, internal audit, compliance, and legal...