Data watchdog must prepare to be hounded

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The next Information Commissioner will have to cope with intense scrutiny from the media and politicians

The new powers awarded to the Information Commissioner recently have been well trailed by the government for more than a year. Indeed, they were trotted out as a response every time the government ...

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