Office of the Privacy Commissioner

Section 54: Getting authorisation to disclose Colin Trotter
21 November 2019 at 10:10

There’s a rarely used part of the Privacy Act which agencies can apply to use, if they want to use personal information to tell affected individuals of an entitlement or to redress a wrong.

IPP11 - disclosure, IPP4 - manner of collection

When your patient has a gun: changes to firearms legislation Vee Blackwood
7 November 2019 at 11:17

Following the tragic events of Christchurch in March 2019, gun reform is a legislative priority. The Government recently introduced the Arms Legislation Bill to impose tighter controls on the use and possession of firearms.

Health Information Privacy Code, law enforcement

Google wins EU right to be forgotten case Feilidh Dwyer
7 October 2019 at 10:49

Reviewed for relevance April 2025.

Google, IPP9 - retention, erasure, right to be forgotten

What is a “compliance advice letter”? Julia Broughton
9 September 2019 at 10:29

Investigating complaints is an important function of our office and a considerable part of our workload. When we receive a complaint, we make an initial assessment about what steps we will take next. In some circumstances, we will investigate. In other instances, our office may decline to investigate.

complaints

Click to consent? Not good enough anymore John Edwards
2 September 2019 at 13:08

One of the most pervasive and persistent problems of privacy and data protection in the digital age is how to move the burden from consumers to read terms and conditions for services they are using, to the service providers to ensure they are clearly explaining the choices that consumers have, and the consequences for them.

International

Have you read your privacy policies? Graydon Hayes
16 August 2019 at 13:37

In 2019, privacy policies are omnipresent. We’ve all seen them, we’ve all scrolled quickly to the bottom of the page, and we’ve all clicked “I accept,” granting us access to the wonders of the internet. But when you are presented with a privacy policy on a website, how often do you actually read it?

Photocopying proof of identity Eve Kennedy
9 August 2019 at 15:41

A man complained to us last year after staff took a copy of his driver’s licence as he checked in to a hotel. The complainant was surprised that staff copied his licence and they couldn’t tell him why they needed the copy or how long they would keep it for.

IPP5 - storage & security, IPP9 - retention

Home DNA tests and privacy Feilidh Dwyer
6 August 2019 at 09:53

Reviewed for relevance April 2025.

health, data, DNA, 23andme, Ancestry.com

Section 54: Getting authorisation to disclose Colin Trotter 21 November 2019 at 10:10

When your patient has a gun: changes to firearms legislation Vee Blackwood 7 November 2019 at 11:17

Google wins EU right to be forgotten case Feilidh Dwyer 7 October 2019 at 10:49

What is a “compliance advice letter”? Julia Broughton 9 September 2019 at 10:29

Click to consent? Not good enough anymore John Edwards 2 September 2019 at 13:08

Have you read your privacy policies? Graydon Hayes 16 August 2019 at 13:37

Photocopying proof of identity Eve Kennedy 9 August 2019 at 15:41

Home DNA tests and privacy Feilidh Dwyer 6 August 2019 at 09:53

Section 54: Getting authorisation to disclose Colin Trotter
21 November 2019 at 10:10

When your patient has a gun: changes to firearms legislation Vee Blackwood
7 November 2019 at 11:17

Google wins EU right to be forgotten case Feilidh Dwyer
7 October 2019 at 10:49

What is a “compliance advice letter”? Julia Broughton
9 September 2019 at 10:29

Click to consent? Not good enough anymore John Edwards
2 September 2019 at 13:08

Have you read your privacy policies? Graydon Hayes
16 August 2019 at 13:37

Photocopying proof of identity Eve Kennedy
9 August 2019 at 15:41

Home DNA tests and privacy Feilidh Dwyer
6 August 2019 at 09:53