The GDPR is not just for Christmas…but we have a new Information Commissioner

 

The GDPR is not just for Christmas…but we have a new Information Commissioner

“Unlike planning for the Y2K deadline, GDPR preparation doesn’t end on 25 May 2018 – it requires ongoing effort”.

And so quipped the then Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham in her 2017 blog at:  https://iconewsblog.org.uk/2017/12/22/gdpr-is-not-y2k/

Its now ‘all change’ at the helm of the ICO.

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has confirmed that Mr John Edwards has been appointed the UK's new Information Commissioner by Letters Patent.  His five-year term of office will begin on 3 January 2022.

Mr Edwards brings wide experience in information rights law.  He was formerly New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner.  He also has broad data regulatory experience, as a Privacy Commissioner and also from 20 years in legal practice.

Under the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018), the Information Commissioner is appointed by Her Majesty the Queen by Letters Patent on the basis of fair and open competition and on the recommendation of ministers.

Mr Edwards’ appointment was approved by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee after a pre-appointment hearing on 9 September 2021.

The role and powers of the Information Commissioner are set out in the UK GDPR and the DPA 2018.  In September 2021, the government announced plans for wide reforms to the UK's data protection regime, including the Information Commissioner's Office.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/john-edwards-is-confirmed-as-the-new-information-commissioner

“Unlike planning for the Y2K deadline, GDPR preparation doesn’t end on 25 May 2018 – it requires ongoing effort”.

And so quipped the then Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham in her 2017 blog at:  https://iconewsblog.org.uk/2017/12/22/gdpr-is-not-y2k/

Its now ‘all change’ at the helm of the ICO.

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has confirmed that Mr John Edwards has been appointed the UK's new Information Commissioner by Letters Patent.  His five-year term of office will begin on 3 January 2022.

Mr Edwards brings wide experience in information rights law.  He was formerly New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner.  He also has broad data regulatory experience, as a Privacy Commissioner and also from 20 years in legal practice.

Under the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018), the Information Commissioner is appointed by Her Majesty the Queen by Letters Patent on the basis of fair and open competition and on the recommendation of ministers.

Mr Edwards’ appointment was approved by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee after a pre-appointment hearing on 9 September 2021.

The role and powers of the Information Commissioner are set out in the UK GDPR and the DPA 2018.  In September 2021, the government announced plans for wide reforms to the UK's data protection regime, including the Information Commissioner's Office.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/john-edwards-is-confirmed-as-the-new-information-commissioner