Outgoing Privacy Commissioner John Edwards. They were still making headlines more than two years later, when it emerged that Edwards was set to be appointed by Boris Johnson's government as UK information commissioner. That was rejected by the company, which essentially refused to accept it was subject to New Zealand privacy laws. With applications for the New Zealand role closing at the end of the week, what advice might he have for his successor? The information commissioner role in the UK is no facsimile of the New Zealand job.

Source: Stuff November 23, 2021 07:13 UTC