Data Protection Commission hires two new heads to replace outgoing Helen Dixon

Helen Dixon is to leave the Data Protection to take up a role with communications regulator ComReg. Picture: IrishPhotoDesk.ie

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has announced the appointment of two new commissioners to replace the outgoing Helen Dixon.

The two new heads of the commission, Ireland’s independent privacy regulator, will be Dale Sunderland, currently a deputy commissioner with the DPC, and Dr Des Hogan, who worked formerly with the Chief State Solicitors Office, with those appointments brought to Cabinet on Tuesday.