the commissioner has been elizabeth denham, and she leaves her post at the end of november. elizabeth, thank you very much indeed for speaking to the bbc s you ve been information commissioner. since 2016, summer 2016, a particularly lively period in british politics. were you quite aware of what you were getting into, in terms of the sheer scale of the gargantuan power of, in particular, the californian tech companies that have been so much of your focus? well, i had been in the crosshairs of some of those big companies in my previous work in canada. but what i didn t know, and i think none of us knew, the massive acceleration of information, communications technologies, the take up of services online, and also the the size and scope of these companies that are bigger
the rest of the sportsday team, it is goodbye for now. the information commissioner s office describes itself as the uk s independent authority, set up to uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals. for the past five years, the commissioner has been elizabeth denham, and she leaves her post at the end of november. elizabeth, thank you very much indeed for speaking to the bbc. so you ve been information commissioner since 2016, summer of 2016, a particularly lively period in british politics. were you quite aware of what you were getting into, in terms of the sheer scale, the gargantuan power of, in particular, the californian tech companies that have been so much of your focus? well, i had been in the cross hairs of some of those big companies
independent authority, set up to uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals. for the past five years, the commissioner has been elizabeth denham, and she leaves her post at the end of november. elizabeth, thank you very much indeed for speaking to the bbc. so you ve been information commissioner since 2016, summer of 2016, a particularly lively period in british politics. were you quite aware of what you were getting into, in terms of the sheer scale, the gargantuan power of, in particular, the californian tech companies that have been so much of your focus? well, i had been in the cross hairs of some of those big companies in my previous work in canada, but what i didn t know, and i think none of us knew, the massive acceleration of information communications technologies, the take up of services online and also the size and scope of these companies that are bigger than nation states.