Please note - this article is under review.
Section 54 was a provision in the 1993 Privacy Act, which was replaced in December 2020 by the Privacy Act 2020. Section 30 of the 2020 Act is the equivalent provision. This provision allows is for an agency (the one that holds the information) to apply for authorisation to disclose information in very specific circumstances and where there is a significant public interest in doing so.
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Privacy Act 2020
- Principle 1 - Purpose for collection of personal information
- Principle 2 - Source of personal information - collect it from the individual
- Principle 3 - Collection of information from subject - what to tell the individual
- Principle 4 - Manner of collection
- Principle 5 - Storage and security of information
- Principle 6 - Access to personal information
- Principle 7 - Correction of personal information
- Principle 8 - Accuracy of personal information
- Principle 9 - Retention of personal information
- Principle 10 - Limits on use of personal information
- Principle 11 - Disclosure of personal information
- Principle 12 - Disclosure outside New Zealand
- Principle 13 - Unique identifiers
- Codes of practice
- New Zealand - EU data protection adequacy
- Section 30 authorisations
- Comparing the Privacy Acts - 1993 and 2020
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Your privacy rights
- Protect your personal information
- What are your privacy rights?
- Ask for your information
- AboutMe (Request My Info Tool)
- Correct your information
- Sorting out privacy problems
- Complain to another agency
- Complain to the Privacy Commissioner
- How we settle complaints
- Conciliations
- How we'll work together
- Other complaint options
- The Human Rights Review Tribunal
- Reasons we won't investigate
- Your responsibilities
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