Outgoing Data Protection Commissioner Reflects On Career

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The Commissioner is due to leave her role later on this month.

The speed at which our personal data is being processed is the biggest threat facing data protection.

That's according to the outgoing Data Protection Commissioner, Athlone's Helen Dixon, who will step down from the role next week.

The implementation of AI means individual data is able to be processed at a much faster pace and will continue to get faster.

Ms. Dixon says the transparency and choice we have gotten used to may not be possible anymore:

She will start a new challenge as Commissioner for communications regulator ComReg.

She's held her position in the DPC since 2014 and made the announcement that she would be leaving late last year.

Ms. Dixon says any job where she can continue to learn will always be interesting to her:

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