The Uk. Has a New Information Watch Dog, and He's Going to Have to Tread This Balancing Act

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The u k. Has a new information watch dog, and he wants great britain to take the lead on holding big tect to account. John edwards was new zealand's privacy commissioner before the u k. Poached him. I think it's going to be a hard balancing act for him, because the government is really keen on becoming this sot of leading digital economy.

Apple posted record revenue of $123.9bn in the holiday quarter, and investors had a tough time gauging the Federal Reserve’s hawkish tone, the UK’s new information watchdog says he wants the country to take the lead on holding Big Tech to account in a post-Brexit Britain free of cumbersome European data rules.

Plus, the FT’s European diplomatic correspondent, Henry Foy, reports that western countries are threatening Russia with new sanctions if it invades Ukraine.

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