UK privacy watchdog starts over with new board and Manchester HQ
Britain’s data regulator is now a board-led Information Commission and has moved its headquarters to Manchester.
On September 30, the Information Commission replaced the Information Commissioner as the UK’s statutory data-protection regulator, while keeping the ICO name. The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 moved powers from a corporation sole to a corporate body with executive and non-executive board members. Former commissioner John Edwards resigned in June after a workplace conduct investigation; Paul Arnold is interim chief executive, and Maggie Carver is deputy chair while a permanent chair search runs into spring 2027. The headquarters moved from Wilmslow to Manchester, and existing regulatory functions are unchanged.
- Statutory powers now sit with a board, not a single commissioner.
- The change was created by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025.
- John Edwards resigned in June after a workplace conduct investigation.
- Headquarters moved from Wilmslow to Oxford Road in Manchester.
- Day-to-day data protection and FOI powers remain the same.
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2 min read at theregister.comThe Information Commission replaces the Information Commissioner, putting statutory powers under collective control
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