Elizabeth Denham - a profile of the GDPR supremo

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You may not have heard of her but information commissioner Elizabeth Denham is one of the most powerful women in the country. Here Henry Cazalet profiles the person overseeing the implementation of the GDPR

You may not necessarily have heard of her but Elizabeth Denham is undoubtedly one of the most powerful women in the country. She holds the top job at the Information Commissioner's office (ICO) where, as information commissioner, she is responsible for overseeing the smooth implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into effect in just over a month's time. Since her appointment in July 2016 she has issued the ICO's largest fines, including a high-profile penalty of £400,000, which was handed out to Carphone Warehouse for a breach of customer data and ban...

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