Adrian sits down with Helen Dixon, the most powerful data protection enforcer in Europe.Dixon talks about the factors and contexts involved in dealing with the likes of Facebook, Yahoo, Google and other big firms, which are based in Ireland.The possible birth of a national identity card is also discussed.In a frank exchange, Dixon also refutes the claim, sometimes thrown by critics of Ireland’s data protection record, that it’s a bad thing for her office to act as a sounding board for Facebook when it wants to introduce new features.And she also warns that the upcoming GDPR will see some significant fines landing on companies across the land.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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