Public policy and communications expert and at the time of the Inquiry Vice-President of Global Communications and Public Affairs for Google. Collins gave evidence on Google’s privacy policy, its removal policy on the UK (as opposed to US) site and its continuing evolution.
Managing Director of BT Security at the Inquiry. Gave evidence on two kinds of "social engineering": calls to BT Customer Contact Centres purporting to be from account holders in order to obtain personal information; and fraudulent calls to BT employees purporting to be from fellow BT employees, where the intention was to obtain confidential information. He also gave evidence on data protection.