5 awkward questions for Ireland’s data czar

As Helen Dixon finishes her term, what should the Data Protection Commissioner be doing - and will she use ‘the big one’ before she leaves?

Helen Dixon, who is completing her term in office as Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner Picture: Maura Hickey

With extra focus on Ireland’s data protection commissioner (DPC), there are many questions that Helen Dixon needs to answer. She’s been invited to attend a US senate committee for data privacy and was recently lambasted in a lengthy piece on Politico. With pressure mounting, and with Dixon at the tail-end of her current term in office, we’ve got five questions the DPC needs to answer.

1. Can she afford to wait in the ...