Terms of Reference of joint inquiry into Police photographing of members of the public
Source: Privacy Commissioner
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the Independent Police Conduct Authority have released the Terms of Reference for their current joint...
Case note: High Court decision: Te Pou Matakana Limited v Attorney-General (No 1) [2021]...
Source: Privacy Commissioner
28 Jan 2022, 09:00
The Privacy Commissioner intervened in the 2021 High Court judicial review proceedings in relation to requests to the Ministry...
Privacy Commissioner’s submission on New Zealand accession to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime
Source: Privacy Commissioner
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Privacy Act 2020 comes into force
Source: Privacy Commissioner
1 Dec 2020, 09:00
New Zealand’s Privacy Act 2020 has come into force.
The new law affords New Zealanders better privacy protections, and organisations...
Privacy 2.0: New refusal grounds under the Privacy Act 2020
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
Privacy principle 6 of the Privacy Act gives people the right to access their own personal information. With...
Privacy Commissioner to focus on privacy in rental sector
Source: Privacy Commissioner
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards today announced his intention to focus on the collection, retention, and disclosure of personal information in the rental...
Disclosing personal information outside New Zealand
Source: Privacy Commissioner
Principle 12 is a new privacy principle introduced in the Privacy Act 2020. You can read more about the purpose of the...
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...
Guidance on mandatory record keeping for supporting COVID-19 contact tracing
Source: Privacy Commissioner
The Government has introduced mandatory record keeping at specified places and gatherings (referred to in this guidance as organisations). Please visit theUnite...
CCTV, surveillance cameras and our office
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
According to an Office of the Privacy Commissioner survey conducted by UMR Research, 41 percent of respondents were...
COVID Tracer app update ‘a positive privacy move’
Source: Privacy Commissioner
23 Nov 2020, 17:00
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has welcomed the removal of the registration requirement for the NZ COVID Tracer app as...
Privacy in the news (6 – 12 March 2021)
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
Welcome to our latest round-up of privacy stories in the news.
Police photos of young people raise concerns over...
