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Privacy Awareness Week
24 August – 30 August 2008
This year, Privacy Awareness Week is 24 - 30 August. It is an annual promotion to raise awareness of the importance of protecting privacy. The theme for 2008 is "Privacy is your business".
Schedule of Events during Privacy Awareness Week
See the schedule of events during PAW.
Presentations delivered during Privacy Awareness Week
View the Address by the Privacy Commissioner to the Auckland Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfast.
View the keynote address by the Privacy Commissioner, Marie Shroff to the Privacy Issues Forum.
View the Privacy Issues forum speakers' bios and presentation summaries.
View the Privacy Issues Forum speakers' papers, as they become available.
View the powerpoint presentations from events held during the week.
View the address by the Assistant Commissioner, Policy, to the Archives and Records Association of New Zealand (ARANZ) in Dunedin on 28 August.
Privacy Survey 2008
View the results of the UMR Privacy survey 2008.
Privacy at work - A guide to the Privacy Act for employers and employees
The release of this book marks the beginning of Privacy Awareness Week. See more regarding contents and details on ordering.
Case Notes
View the latest Case Notes released this month.
Secondary Schools' Video Competition
Congratulations to those students who entered the Privacy Awareness Week video competition.
First place goes to: "How can you bear the fault?" from Hong Kong
Second place to: "Privacy leakage" from Hong Kong; and
Third place to: "Respecting others is respecting yourself", also from Hong Kong.
Special mention for their excellent effort goes to Kaitaia College with their entry "The great unknown". To view please go to: www.vimeo.com/1526313 and put in the password, privacy.
Cartoon Exhibition
"No Laughing Matter? Chris Slane Privacy Cartoons"
The Jimmy Cafe and Bar, Westpac St James Theatre, 77-87 Courtenay Place, Wellington
27 August - 8 September 2008
Privacy has received special attention in Chris Slane's cartoons since the mid 1990s. Many aspects of privacy have featured - the impact of technology, business use of information, health, government databases - he has challenged them all.