UK Information Commission takes shape with non-executive board appoin…

The UK's new Information Commission is taking institutional shape with seven non-executive board appointments and a chair recruitment process (closing 19 August), replacing the ICO's single-commissioner model under the Data (Use and Access) Act. Simultaneously, DSIT has launched three public consultations on international data flows, AI-data protection interaction, and public sector data reuse, signalling the regulator's strategic priorities around children's data, AI, and cyber resilience. The UK's data regulator just signalled that AI development and international data transfers are its first battleground—and it's recruiting the chair who will enforce that. If you move data across borders or train models on UK personal data, you now know exactly which three regulatory gaps the new commission will close by year-end.