Regulation
Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon lambasts ‘clunky’ EU procedures
Outgoing commissioner critical of EU laws with “an awful lot of energy, time and litigation resources going in sorting out issues that arise”
Helen Dixon, the Irish data protection commissioner whose office has been accused of dragging its feet in investigating Big Tech companies such as Meta, has blamed “clunky” European Union procedures for wasting energy, time and money.
Dixon, who’s about to step down the role to take up a new position with ComReg, has forced firms to cough up about €2.8 billion ($3.1 billion) for violating the EU’s landmark General Data Protection Regulation.
Overnight, GDPR put ...
