Mr Edwards, who joins on a five year term, spent the past eight years as New Zealand Privacy Commissioner, and before that worked as a barrister.
He succeeds Elizabeth Denham CBE, whose term as UK Information Commissioner ended last year. He will be actively engaging with the government over the proposed reforms to the Data Protection Act.
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