Last week I mentioned that I had a cunning plan to increase
the prominence of the recently appointed Surveillance Camera Commissioner. I wondered what I could do to ensure that the
data protection community gets to know him a little better.
I reported that I
would start by inviting him to a forthcoming meeting of the Data
Protection Forum and the National Association of Data protection
Officers, to give him a public platform where the most pressing issues
on his agenda can be explored by professionals who are keen to understand just
what it is that concerns him.
Well, I’ve had a very nice reply from Andrew Renisson,
discussing his availability for the next few dates that DPF/NADPO members
have set for their meetings.
He also advised me that his term of office as Surveillance Camera
Commissioner will end next February, by which time he will have completed two
terms as the Forensic Science Regulator and both posts have to be
re-advertised.
Well, it would be a shame for him to leave the surveillance post
so soon after being appointed to it. Perhaps he will re-apply.
Does anyone else plan to apply for the post?
If they do, and if appointed, feel like introducing
themselves to the data protection community at a joint DPF/NADPO meeting next
March, then please get in touch.
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