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Information commissioner leaves post empty

Information commissioner Elizabeth France, a champion of privacy rights in the UK and beyond, has... Read more

8 October, 2002 by Matt Loney

New information commissioner named

...Clifford Chance has been named to take over as information commissioner when Elizabeth France steps down later this year. Richard Thomas, director of public policy... Read more

26 July, 2002 by Matt Loney

Business should 'use privacy laws, not abuse them'

...of CRM systems or other data-centric business plans, the information commissioner, Elizabeth France, told the CRM Summit in Warwickshire yesterday. "The Data Protection Act... Read more

31 January, 2002 by Eugene Lacey

Information commissioner to quit

The information commissioner, Elizabeth France, is to quit her watchdog position later this year, following weeks... Read more

3 January, 2002 by Wendy McAuliffe

Data collection under scrutiny

...made up of the Information Commissioner (who from 1st December will be Elizabeth France's replacement Richard Taylor), both Deputy Commissioners, two Assistant Commissioners and... Read more

24 November, 2002 by Olswang

France battles on for data privacy

She may no longer be the UK's information commissioner, but Elizabeth France is still fighting to make sure that companies don't abuse... Read more

24 October, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

Privacy comes under attack

...the prevention or detection of crime. In her scrutiny of the ATCS, Elizabeth France, information commissioner, warned that the Act might pose difficulties for data... Read more

30 March, 2002 by Wendy McAuliffe

Home Office wins Internet Villain award

...nadir of awards then the zenith is Internet Hero, which went to Elizabeth France who, as Information Commissioner, is responsible for ensuring compliance with privacy... Read more

14 February, 2002 by Matt Loney

UK government scoops 'Internet Villain' nominations

...nominations for Internet hero go to Broadband4Britain.com, to the information commissioner Elizabeth France and to Caspar Bowden of the Foundation for Information Policy Research... Read more

17 January, 2002 by Matt Loney

Information commissioner slams European data initiative

...interception and retention of all electronic communications contained within the Cybercrime Convention. Elizabeth France, the information commissioner, has heated up the European debate over police... Read more

13 July, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

Electronic government could hamper privacy

...go digital could threaten individual privacy according to the Data Protection Registrar Elizabeth France Read more

16 July, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

Top adviser calls for data protection overhaul

A government adviser has called for data protection commissioner Elizabeth France to be given greater powers of enforcement over companies who have... Read more

23 October, 2000 by Sarah Left

MP wins Internet Hero award

...Other nominees for the Internet Hero award were last year's winner Elizabeth France, the former information commissioner, Secretary of State David Blunkett's son... Read more

21 February, 2003 by Matt Loney

Privacy tsar: Data protection should be 'way of life'

...director of public policy at law firm Clifford Chance, took over from Elizabeth France in December 2002, and having got to grips with his new... Read more

8 January, 2003 by Graham Hayday

Internet villain nominees revealed

...Office". Other individuals shortlisted for Internet Hero include: last year's winner Elizabeth France, for her work on data retention legislation while she was information... Read more

23 December, 2002 by Matt Loney

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