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Everyone can be a firearms safety G.O.A T
Source: New Zealand Police With the annual National Wild Goat Hunting Competition now underway, hunters are being reminded that everyone can be a firearms safety G.O.A.T. [Greatest Of All Time]....
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Planning for Canterbury policing into the future
Source: New Zealand Police Canterbury Police are undertaking a staff consultation process to ensure the district has the right people in the right place at the right time. District Commander...
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Prisoner loses claim that his letters were unfairly withheld
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog The Human Rights Review Tribunal has dismissed a claim by a prisoner that the Department of Corrections interfered with his privacy by withholding...
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Property Market – Property values still going nowhere fast – Cotality
Source: Cotality Property values in Aotearoa New Zealand edged down by -0.2% in July, according to Cotality NZ’s latest hedonic Home Value Index (HVI). The result mirrors the annual change,...
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The privacy risks of insurers misusing your genetic testing
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog Should you have to disclose to your insurance company if you’ve taken a genetic test and learnt you have the gene for a...
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Social media monitoring: what’s happening in New Zealand?
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog This summary was written by Rachel Levinson-Waldman, who served with OPC as a 2024 Ian Axford Fellow in Public Policy. Read her in-depth report....
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Advice for GPs sharing childen’s information with parents
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog When parents split up, this can sometimes create a fraught situation for agencies involved in providing care and services to their children, and...
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Improper disclosure leads to ostracism, death
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog The Human Rights Review Tribunal recently found that the Parole Board breached the Privacy Act when it disclosed an offender’s parole address, with...
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Section 54: Getting authorisation to disclose
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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When your patient has a gun: changes to firearms legislation
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog Following the tragic events of Christchurch in March 2019, gun reform is a legislative priority. The Government recently introduced the Arms Legislation Bill...
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Google wins EU right to be forgotten case
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”?
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
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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Revisiting the Commissioner’s messages on protecting children
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog In July 2017, our office made two short videos featuring the Privacy Commissioner promoting child safety and describing what people can do if...
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Privacy Act 1993 to Privacy Act 2020: Tracking the changes
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog We’ll be saying it for the rest of this year because we want everyone to be aware and ready for it when it...
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No compensation for privacy breach
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
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
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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Reporting and avoiding privacy breaches in the health sector
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog Identifying, reporting, and reviewing privacy breaches, and acting when individual or systemic issues are identified, is vital to ensuring that a strong privacy...
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Challenging technologies: Perspectives from the Privacy Commissioner
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog Technology developments can be challenging to privacy laws. We all know our phones are powerhouses of data collection, and that our data is...
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Awarding damages for emotional harm
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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Disclosure of mother’s HDC complaint breaches privacy
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog The Human Rights Review Tribunal heard a case concerning a surgeon’s disclosure to ACC and other doctors that her patient’s mother had made...
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Tribunal expects timeliness and due process
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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Firefighters test their driving skills at UFBA driving competition
Source: United Fire Brigades’ Association Firefighters from around the country will be in Fielding at Chris Eamon Circuit, Manfeild Park on Friday 8 and Saturday 9 August for the United Fire...
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Warrant to arrest: Kauri Howard
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
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
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...