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Political parties obtain contact information from publicly available sources like the electoral roll and the White Pages, as well as their party membership databases. They may use this information to...
Yes, they can. Information that has been posted publicly online is available to everyone. In information privacy principle 2 of the Privacy Act, it says collecting publicly available information is a...
No, the Privacy Commissioner helps parties settle privacy disputes and sometimes settlement may include damages (financial compensation) if the party that caused the breach agrees. Only the Human...
If you use CCTV to detect and record crime, it is legitimate to provide copies to Police so they can investigate. If you have banned someone from the shop for suspected shoplifting, you might also...
The Privacy Act doesn’t apply to the collection and reporting of news and current affairs, so we aren’t able to investigate complaints about the actions of newspapers and other news media. But the...
CCTV stands for closed circuit television. It is also known as video surveillance. If you are installing CCTV, you need to think about – and preferably document – what you are recording, why you are...
Yes, they can. Landlords and property managers have a lawful purpose to collect information about a rental property when they carry out a property inspection. The Privacy Act says an agency should...
