microsoft bing? yes. duckduckgo? yes. big fan of duckduckgo. why? because i think it was the first search engine that rolled out their services in a privacy by design way. have you ever had anyone deny you information by saying they can t give it to you due to data protection reasons? always. happens to me all the time. how do you deal with that? and often, it s complete crap. i call them out on it. you ve been quite outspoken about specific proposals to reform the ico and its constitution. what are you worried about? some of the proposals in the government s data reform consultation, i agree with. the new powers that are being suggested for the ico to deal with nuisance calls and nuisance texts, biggerfines for companies that get it wrong, absolutely agree with that. i also agree with the review of the law. but an independent regulator is really important to trust and confidence. and if a regulator can be leaned
you ve been quite outspoken about specific proposals to reform the icao in its constitution. what are you worried about? some of the proposals in the government s data reform consultation? i agree with the new powers that are being suggested for the ico to deal with nuisance calls and nuisance tax, biggerfines for companies that get it wrong. i absolutely agree with that. i also agree with the review of the law. but an independent regulator is really important to trust in confidence. and if a regulator can be leaned on politically or if government directs the work of the regulator, then i think that undermines the trust that other countries are going to have with us and doing trade deals that people have in whether somebody is truly standing up for their rights. i think my work on data in political campaigns would have been almost impossible to do if i had to take my marching orders from government. elizabeth denham, the uk s information commissioner
you ve been quite outspoken about specific proposals to reform the ico and its constitution. what are you worried about? some of the proposals in the government s data reform consultation, i agree with. the new powers that are being suggested for the ico to deal with nuisance calls and nuisance texts, biggerfines for companies that get it wrong, absolutely agree with that. i also agree with the review of the law. but an independent regulator is really important to trust and confidence. and if a regulator can be leaned on politically or if government directs the work of the regulator, then i think that undermines the trust that other countries are going to have with us in doing trade deals, that people have in whether somebody s truly standing up for their rights. i think my work on data in political