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 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...
Privacy Commissioner supports Waikato District Health Board action
Source: Privacy Commissioner
The Privacy Commissioner supports the steps taken by Waikato District Health Board to protect against any further accessing or disclosure of information...
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...
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...
Case note 290543 [2021] NZPrivCmr 7: Offender requests psychological reports from Corrections
Source: Privacy Commissioner
A man was imprisoned for indecent assault and child sexual exploitation relating to internet images and videos. Through his lawyer, he requested...
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...
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...
More privacy guidance on contact tracing registers
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
We continue to be notified of instances of people gaining access to other people’s personal information from paper-based...
How to be a model citizen with our model contract – with FAQs
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards recently spoke to the Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) Working Group on Digital Data...
Analysis: High Court 2021 review of Ministry decisions about Māori vaccination data
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
Key themes of this analysis:
An evidence-based approach to pandemic data sharing
COVID-19 – a serious threat to public health...
Reshaping how we regulate privacy
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
The changes that come in with the Privacy Act 2020 on 1 December are significant. Not only are...
