The UK’s information commissioner, John Edwards, has resigned following an HR investigation into complaints made about him in the workplace. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) confirmed the departure of New Zealand-born Edwards on June 19. It revealed that the investigation had concluded that there was a case to answer and “made clear that his behavior fell short of the conduct expected from a public official.” The secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, Liz Kendall, shared more details of the case on LinkedIn. “I have seen evidence of the vulgar and highly sexualized language that was used in his interactions with his staff and am extremely concerned that he continues to describe these incidents as misplaced humour, including on his social media post…