Data Protection

Data Protection Commissioner rejects criticism over speed of investigations

Commisioner also signals progress in the long-running saga over the validity of transatlantic data transfers

Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon speaking on a panel on Thursday. Picture: Bloomberg

Helen Dixon, the data protection commissioner, has again dismissed criticism of the time it takes her office to complete investigations into big tech firms.

“Some of the people that comment on speed, understand very little about the process of conducting an investigation, the complexity of finding the facts, the implementation of fair procedures in the process,” Dixon, said in a panel at the Bloomberg New Economy Gateway Europe event being held at Powerscourt in ...