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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog We’ve all seen the ads for genetic ancestry testing – as a way for people to trace their genealogy beyond traditional family trees...
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog The most common complaints we investigate relate to individuals trying to access their personal information. Some of these requests are “empty-your-pocket” requests to...
Source: Zero Waste Aotearoa Zero Waste Aotearoa is more worried than ever about the waste-to-energy incinerator proposed for Te Awamutu. That’s because so many concerns have emerged about the track...
Source: Greenpeace During today’s public submission hearings on the ACT Party’s Overseas Investment Amendment Bill, Greenpeace took direct aim at NZ First, highlighting the hypocrisy of NZ First’s support for the...
Source: Media Outreach A Milestone Moment Marked by Notable Guests, Immersive Experiences, and Elevated Design HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 5 August 2025 – TUMI, the leading...
Source: Porirua City Council A new online dashboard is now live, providing a window into collective efforts to restore the health of Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour. The Riparian Management Programme, a five-year...
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-NZ-AU) Highlights Canyon has completed the first drawdown from its US$140 million Credit Facility with AFG Bank Cameroon Canyon secured the Credit Facility on excellent terms, demonstrating the...
Source: New Zealand Government Thanks to the Red Tape Tipline homeowners building garden sheds, sleepouts, or garages will face less red tape and fewer delays by the end of this...