B.C. information and privacy commissioner to step down.

• Position: PRIVACY - Brief article

British Columbia Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has announced that she will step down when her term ends in July to become the United Kingdom's new information commissioner this summer. She has served for the past six years.

"I leave believing that the independence and impartiality of this Office has served the public well," she wrote in her resignation letter. "I also leave knowing that government's awareness of the importance of privacy and security of personal information, the need for good record keeping of government decisions and the public's right to know have been enhanced during my tenure."

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Denham has been outspoken on privacy and access to information in the province. Most recently, according to CBC News, she...