Privacy Commissioner welcomes Government rethink of social service data collection
Privacy Commissioner welcomes the Government’s plans to rethink the practice of collecting individual client level data from social service providers.
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Privacy Commissioner welcomes the Government’s plans to rethink the practice of collecting individual client level data from social service providers.
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner will be holding activities and releasing a number of privacy resources during Privacy Week (8-12 May). Find out more.
An MSD policy requiring NGO service providers to disclose information about clients is inconsistent with the privacy principles, says the Privacy Commissioner.
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has released the annual compliance assurance reports submitted by the three national credit reporting companies.
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has to made six recommendations to Government which he hopes will be included in plans to reform the Privacy Act.
The Privacy Commissioner has amended the TIPC to allow the collection and sharing of automated mobile emergency caller location information.
Statement by Chair of the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (ICDPPC) to mark international Data Protection Day 2017.
The Privacy Commissioner has named a photography business, Expression Sessions Ltd, (Expression Sessions) as the result of a complaint.
The funeral of former Privacy Commissioner Sir Bruce Slane is to take place at St Mary's-in-Holy Trinity Church in Parnell, Auckland.
The Privacy Commissioner has found that TD Drilling breached principles 5 and 6 of the Privacy Act in withholding and then losing employee information.
The Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Legislation Bill passed its first reading in Parliament on 13 December, after being introduced to the House five days before. The Bill forms the basis for the new Ministry for Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki (MVCOT).
The Privacy Commissioner John Edwards questions the process that has been followed in developing the Bill. M...
New Zealand and Australian social, education and health researchers are participating in the Privacy Research Symposium at the University of Auckland this week.
Law Debt Collection Ltd failed to check information about a disputed debt before it referred it to a credit reporter, says Privacy Commissioner John Edwards.
Privacy Commissioner's 2016 annual report focuses on trust through accountability and transparency
The Privacy Commissioner has proposed an amendment to the TIPC to enable the launch of a new system to gather and share mobile phone location information.
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has looked into reports by some news media that Police were insisting travellers along SH1, south of Seddon, carry photo ID.
An independent review of the Police Vetting Service by the OPC and IPCA has identified a number of key ways the service can improve privacy safeguards.
Privacy commissioners and data protection authorities from around the world convened in Marrakesh on 17-20 October 2016 for the 38th ICDPPC.
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards today released a discussion paper inviting submissions on whether ‘positive credit reporting’, introduced to New Zealand following a law change five years ago, has been a success and whether the law was operating satisfactorily.
Positive credit reporting displays more complete information about an individual’s credit commitments, including details of all their borrowings and whether he or she made the payments due each month. ...
More than half of Internet of Things devices don’t properly tell customers how their personal information is being used, an international study has found.
The study, by 26 data protection regulators around the world, including the NZ Office of the Privacy Commissioner, looked at a variety of devices and considered how well companies building these devices communicated privacy matters to their customers. The study included smart electricity meters, internet-connected thermostats and w...