Privacy in the News – November 26 2021
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
Check out some of the biggest recent news involving privacy from Aotearoa and around the world. Topics include...
Privacy in the News: November 18 2021
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
Check out some of the biggest recent news involving privacy from Aotearoa and around the world. Topics include...
Rental sector
Source: Privacy Commissioner
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner wants to take a proactive stance to protect the rights and privacy of tenants and prospective...
Privacy Commissioner cracks down on compliance in rental accommodation sector
Source: Privacy Commissioner
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) has today launched a new compliance monitoring programme to ensure that property managers and agencies...
Access to Māori vaccination data – Te Pou Matakana v Attorney-General
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
The High Court released its decision last week on a judicial review brought by Te Pou Matakana Limited...
Taking the measure of biometrics
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
If you’re reading this on your phone, you may have unlocked your device using your face or fingerprint....
Biometrics and Privacy
Source: Privacy Commissioner
Biometric recognition, or biometrics, is automated recognition of individuals based on biological or behavioural characteristics. Biometric information is personal information and is...
Senior / Principal Policy Adviser
Source: Privacy Commissioner
Work with the Privacy Commissioner and senior leadershipInnovative, fun, and close-knit teamFlexible working to support your work-life balanceYou get to make a...
Privacy Commissioner warns against paper-based contact tracing registers
Source: Privacy Commissioner
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards is concerned that people are gaining access to personal information from paper-based contact tracing registers and using it...
Privacy Commissioner issues first compliance notice to Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Source: Privacy Commissioner
The Privacy Commissioner has today issued a compliance notice to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, triggered by a cyber-attack in December...
Compliance Notice issued to Reserve Bank of New Zealand following cyber attack
Source: Privacy Commissioner
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner has issued a compliance notice to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. This compliance notice relates...
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,...
