Office of the Privacy Commissioner

Privacy in recruitment JLB
3 November 2015 at 14:05

So you are hiring. What do you need to do to meet your privacy obligations? Here’s an easy checklist of do’s and don’ts. They all relate back to the 12 privacy principles that guide the collection, use, storage and disposal of personal information.

employment

Tribunal dismisses $100,000 damages claim Charles Mabbett
18 September 2015 at 10:54

A complainant seeking $100,000 in damages for Westpac’s disclosure of a debit card statement to his employer has had his case dismissed by the Human Rights Review Tribunal.

complaints, Human Rights Review Tribunal, IPP5 - storage & security, IPP11 - disclosure

The search for an accurate age Sam Grover
18 August 2015 at 16:12

What happens when an agency’s record of your identity conflicts with who you actually are? This is the question we grappled with in an Immigration New Zealand (INZ) case that we recently referred to the Director of Human Rights Proceedings.

IPP7 - correction, IPP8 - accuracy, Human Rights Review Tribunal, customs & immigration

News media, new media, who’s media? Daimhin Warner
8 December 2014 at 11:32

We’ve been grappling with a difficult question recently, and one that’s featured in New Zealand’s courts too. What is and isn’t news media and when should the Privacy Act apply?

media

Confidentiality and the unpublished electoral roll Charles Mabbett
15 July 2014 at 09:24

Did you know that not everyone has to have their details published on the electoral roll? This makes sense if you and your family members could face a personal risk if your information was accessible to people who may want to cause you harm.

Privacy in recruitment JLB 3 November 2015 at 14:05

Tribunal dismisses $100,000 damages claim Charles Mabbett 18 September 2015 at 10:54

The search for an accurate age Sam Grover 18 August 2015 at 16:12

News media, new media, who’s media? Daimhin Warner 8 December 2014 at 11:32

Confidentiality and the unpublished electoral roll Charles Mabbett 15 July 2014 at 09:24

Privacy in recruitment JLB
3 November 2015 at 14:05

Tribunal dismisses $100,000 damages claim Charles Mabbett
18 September 2015 at 10:54

The search for an accurate age Sam Grover
18 August 2015 at 16:12

News media, new media, who’s media? Daimhin Warner
8 December 2014 at 11:32

Confidentiality and the unpublished electoral roll Charles Mabbett
15 July 2014 at 09:24