Stephen Almond

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ICO

Director of Technology and Innovation

Stephen Almond, Director of Technology, Innovation and Enterprise, leads the ICO’s team responsible for anticipating, understanding and shaping the impacts of emerging technology and innovation on people and society. He is charged with engineering information rights into the fabric of new ideas, products and business models as part of our dynamic digital economy.

Prior to joining the ICO, Stephen led a World Economic Forum initiative to promote the adoption of a more agile, innovation-enabling approach to regulation with governments and tech firms worldwide. He previously worked in leadership roles across the UK Government, including creation of the White Paper on Regulation for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and roll-out of the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund, which invested in regulatory sandboxes and similar initiatives to unlock technological innovation.

 

Contributions by Stephen Almond

  • PETs: A New Best Friend for the Privacy Professional?
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2023
  • PETs: A New Best Friend for the Privacy Professional?
    Speaker at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: UK 2023
  • The ICO's Innovation Services and What They Can Do for Your Business
    Moderator at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: UK 2023
  • Online Safety: The Interplay Between New UK Regulation and Data Protection
    Speaker at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: UK 2023