Privacy Week 2020 quiz
Source: Privacy Commissioner
30 Oct 2020, 09:00
Each year, our office creates a Privacy Week quiz for workplaces. Please try the Privacy Week 2020 quiz with...
Privacy Commissioner calls on DHBs to address IT vulnerabilities
Source: Privacy Commissioner
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards is warning DHBs to address any security failings identified in a Ministry of Health stocktake of health IT...
Waikato DHB cyber breach: Do the right thing with personal information
Source: Privacy Commissioner
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards is advising people to do the right thing if they are sent or find personal information which might...
Privacy in the news (13 – 26 November 2020)
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
Welcome to our latest round-up of privacy news stories for the week.
Privacy law refreshed to reflect the times
In...
Rippl is a privacy-friendly winner
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
In June, our office awarded a Privacy Trust Mark to an independent contact tracing app called Rippl. We...
Safety comes first
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
In healthcare settings, patients have a strong interest in knowing their privacy will be protected. Given that health...
Filing a claim in the Human Rights Review Tribunal
Source: Privacy Commissioner
Under the Privacy Act 2020, you have 6 months to file a claim in the Human Rights Review Tribunal. On 1 December...
Privacy in the news (28 August – 3 September 2020)
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
Welcome to our latest round-up of privacy news stories for the week.
Five things businesses should consider to prepare...
Privacy in the news (12 – 18 February 2021)
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
Welcome to our latest round-up of privacy stories in the news.
More than 1000 Trade Me accounts swapped
Trade Me...
England’s NHS data-sharing to third parties
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
In 2013, UK Prime Minister David Cameron tried to instigate the sharing of UK National Health Service (“NHS”)...
Credit reporter and related company in breach of privacy code
Source: Privacy Commissioner
An Office of the Privacy Commissioner inquiry has found the credit reporter illion (formerly known as Dun & Bradstreet) in breach of...
International knowledge bolsters OPC
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
Investigators Hamish Flanagan and Sammy joined the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) earlier this year, bringing with...
