At the time she spoke in Brussels recently, U.K. Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham had been on the job for 110 days, but it's already quite clear how different a climate it is from her last post as British Columbia's Information and Privacy Commissioner. For starters, the General Data Protection Regulation is coming into force — though it's unclear whether the U.K. will adopt the GDPR as written for the EU after Brexit. And speaking of Brexit, Denham noted early on in her session at the IAPP Data Protection Congress, during which former European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx asked the questions, that while she likes a challenge, she's operating in a "toxic and somewhat political environment" at present. Angelique Carson, CIPP/US, reports on Denham's plans given the legal uncertainties she faces, and the changes the GDPR will impose on her office should the U.K. continue to comply with EU law. 
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