UK names John Edwards as its choice for next data protection chief as gov’t eyes watering down privacy standards

2:46am PDT - August 26th, 2021    queen elizabeth - TechCrunch

The UK government has named the person it wants to take over as its chief data protection watchdog, with sitting commissioner Elizabeth Denham overdue to vacate the post: The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) today said its preferred repl…