John Edwards quit the ICO after a conduct probe, leaving the UK's data and AI watchdog under political fire.
Key takeaways
- John Edwards has become the first UK Information Commissioner to resign before completing a term since the office’s predecessor was created in 1984, after a workpl...
- Edwards, who had led the Information Commissioner's Office since January 2022, stepped down “effective immediately” as both commissioner and chair of the ICO, ...
- > “I have accepted that there have been occasions where I exercised poor judgement and made attempts at humour that were inappropriate and caused offence,” Edwards sai...
- Edwards quits after investigation found ‘a case to answer’
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