UK information commissioner steps back amid workplace investigation

John Edwards, the data privacy watchdog, says he is fully cooperating with ICO’s independent report into ‘HR matters’

The UK’s information commissioner has stepped back from his job after the data protection regulator launched an independent workplace investigation into unspecified “HR matters”.

John Edwards, the national watchdog for information rights, data privacy and transparency among public bodies, said he was cooperating with the investigation in a post on his LinkedIn account.