OSI archive

Year: 2025

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Section 54: Getting authorisation to disclose

· August 5, 2025

Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog Please note – this article is under review. Section 54 was a provision in the 1993 Privacy Act, which was replaced in December...

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Google wins EU right to be forgotten case

· August 5, 2025

Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog Reviewed for relevance April 2025. A fortnight ago, Europe’s top court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that Google will not be...

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What is a “compliance advice letter”?

· August 5, 2025

Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog Investigating complaints is an important function of our office and a considerable part of our workload. When we receive a complaint, we make...

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Digital services, privacy polices, and consent

· August 5, 2025

Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog One of the most persistent problems of privacy and data protection in the digital age moving the responsibility from consumers needing to read...

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No compensation for privacy breach

· August 5, 2025

Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog The parents of a profoundly disabled boy took a case to the Human Rights Review Tribunal [2020 HRRT 13] on their son’s behalf...

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Why it’s important to check your credit report

· August 5, 2025

Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog An Auckland Powershop customer did the right thing by checking her credit report after the company said she was in arrears, even though...

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Man awarded $50,000 for destruction of file

· August 5, 2025

Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog The Human Rights Review Tribunal [2020 HRRT 16] awarded $50,000 to an ACC claimant after it was found to have breached the Privacy...

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Awarding damages for emotional harm

· August 5, 2025

Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog Under the Privacy Act, the Human Rights Review Tribunal can award damages for emotional harm caused by a privacy breach. Damages are compensatory...

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Tribunal expects timeliness and due process

· August 5, 2025

Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog The Privacy Act is changing – and one significant feature of the changes will be to put a time limit on when complainants...

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China Tower (788.HK) Announces 2025 Interim Results

· August 5, 2025

Source: Media Outreach Steady Improvement in Business QualityContinuously Enhancing Shareholder Returns HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 5 August 2025 – The world’s largest telecommunications infrastructure service provider...

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Warrant to arrest: Kauri Howard

· August 5, 2025

Source: New Zealand Police Police are appealing to the public for information on the whereabouts of Kauri John Howard, 19, who has a warrant for his arrest. Police believe someone...

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Photocopying proof of identity

· August 5, 2025

Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog A man complained to us last year after staff took a copy of his driver’s licence as he checked in to a hotel....

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Home DNA tests and privacy

· August 5, 2025

Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog Reviewed for relevance April 2025. Since 2007, companies like 23andMe.com and Ancestry.com have made at-home DNA testing kits accessible to the masses. Through...