Information Commissioner

chief executive of the UK Information Commissioner's Office
Intangible position Q100251915
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Information Commissioner

Summary

Information Commissioner is a position[1]. It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Information Commissioner is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Information Commissioner's instance of is recorded as position[4].
  • Information Commissioner's main regulatory text is recorded as Data Protection Act 2018[5].
  • Information Commissioner is a type of information commissioner[6].
  • 1984 marks the founding of Information Commissioner[7].
  • Information Commissioner's appointed by is recorded as monarch of the United Kingdom[8].
  • Information Commissioner's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • Information Commissioner's position holder is recorded as John Edwards[10].
  • Information Commissioner's replaced by is recorded as Information Commission[11].
  • Information Commissioner's legal form is recorded as corporation sole[12].
  • Information Commissioner's different from is recorded as Scottish Information Commissioner[13].
  • Information Commissioner's term length of position is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+7'}[14].
  • Information Commissioner's organization directed by the office or position is recorded as Information Commissioner's Office[15].
  • Information Commissioner's base salary is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25224', 'amount': '+200000'}[16].
  • Information Commissioner's reports to is recorded as Parliament of the United Kingdom[17].

Body

Definition and Type

Information Commissioner's instance of is recorded as position[4]. It is a type of information commissioner[6].

Origins

1984 marks the founding of Information Commissioner[7].

Why It Matters

Information Commissioner is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ico.org.uk. ico.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ico.org.uk. ico.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Gwirex · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 1
    Wikipedia languages → ['en']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P2389]]: [[Q1662473]]"
  2. 26d ago · Gwirex · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaced by → Information Commission
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1366]]: [[Q138002235]]"
  3. 16w ago · Gwirex · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Reports to → Parliament of the United Kingdom
    Legal form → corporation sole
    Subclass of → information commissioner
    Main regulatory text → Data Protection Act 1998, Data Protection Act 2018
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P1308]]: [[Q108281794]]"
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