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...
Privacy in the news (1 – 29 January 2021)
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
Welcome to our round-up of privacy stories in the news for January.
How to Write: An apology letter
Done right,...
First AML awarded Privacy Trust Mark
Source: Privacy Commissioner
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has awarded a Privacy Trust Mark to First AMLs customer due diligence platform. It is the second anti-money...
Your health information: know your privacy rights
Source: Privacy Commissioner
Learn about your rights under the Health Information Privacy Code in our health privacy brochure. There is a fold-out A3 poster of...
Holiday period shutdown
Source: Privacy Commissioner
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner and our call centre will close onFriday 25 December 2020and reopen onMonday 11 January 2021. We...
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 Commissioner supports Bluetooth upgrade to COVID Tracer
Source: Privacy Commissioner
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards supports the Bluetooth tracing upgrade to the NZ COVID Tracer app because it protects privacy and will help...
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 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...
Transitioning from Privacy Act 1993 to Privacy Act 2020
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
The Privacy Act 2020 comes into force on 1 December 2020, replacing the Privacy Act 1993. However, the...
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...
Model contract clauses for sending personal information overseas
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
The Privacy Act 2020 introduces a change when sending personal information overseas.
Under the new privacy principle 12, businesses...
