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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner offers free online privacy education. Our e-learning modules can be accessed at elearning.privacy.org.nz

The following courses are currently available:

Privacy Breach Reporting	This course will help you understand what you can do to reduce the risk of privacy breaches and manage breaches that do occur. It also covers the requirements to notify the Privacy Commissioner of serious privacy breaches.
Privacy Act 2020	This course will give you an overview of why the Privacy Act was revised and key changes in the new Act. The Privacy Act 2020 will come into force on 1 December 2020. This course was previously called Privacy 2.0.
Privacy ABC for Schools	This course will provide an overview of privacy rights and responsibilities in the context of schools, as well as give you an understanding of how the Privacy Act is applied in practice.
Health ABC	Get a 30 minute introduction to protecting health information under the Health Information Privacy Code.
Privacy ABC	This module contains eleven scenario-based units which give a quick oversight of privacy in 30 minutes or less.
Employment and Privacy	This module contains a series of eight units which will help employers and employees deal with privacy-related employment issues.
Introduction to the Credit Reporting Privacy Code	This module teaches you everything you need to know about the Credit Reporting Privacy Code.
Privacy 101	This course will introduce you to key concepts and definitions contained in the Privacy Act. The training takes approximately 2-3 hours but does not have to be completed in a single session.
Health 101	This course will introduce you to key concepts and definitions contained in the Health Information Privacy Code (HIPC) and how they may be applied in practice. The training takes approximately 3-4 hours but does not have to be completed in a single session.
An A to Z of Approved Information Sharing Agreements (AISAs)	AISAs enable government agencies to collaborate and share data without intruding on individuals' rights or creating legal risk. 'An A to Z of AISAs' teaches you what an AISA is, how to build a case for one, how to develop one and how to get one approved.

We welcome feedback

We hope you find these online learning tools useful. Please email any comments, suggestions or issues to elearning@privacy.org.nz

Our privacy policy is here and the Moodle privacy policy is here.

Sharing access to our courses

If you are an employer, there are two main ways you can share access to our online privacy courses within your organisation. We can set up reporting functionality, so you can see who within your organisation has completed our courses.

The simplest way to share our courses is to direct people to http://elearning.privacy.org.nz/. Users will be taken to our e-learning website where they can sign up for an account using their email address. They will then be able to access all twelve of our online privacy courses. You are welcome to add this link to your website to make it easy for people to find.

If you choose this option and would like reporting functionality, we can set up a reporting group for your organisation. Once a reporting group is set up and your employees opt in to sharing their data, you will be able to see course completion statistics for everyone in your organisation.
If you use a Learning Management System (LMS), we can embed our modules directly into your website using Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI). When LTI is set up, your employees will be able to access our privacy courses directly without having to leave your system. You will also be able to see completion statistics for the courses you have set up in your system.

To set up a reporting group for your organisation or establish an LTI connection, please contact elearning@privacy.org.nz.