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The Credit Reporting Privacy Code rules about the use and disclosure of credit information about serious threats are being changed, to reflect a recent Privacy Act amendment. “The changes...
The Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff said today that public sector agencies needed to have stronger controls in place when handling spread sheets of personal information. “The EQC breach is...
Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff has strengthened the Health Information Privacy Code 1994 to improve legal protections around newborn babies’ bloodspot samples. These samples are collected as part of a...
4 March 2013 Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff today issued a code of practice that permits broad information sharing in the event of national emergencies. "When a national emergency strikes, response...
The Privacy Commissioner today released guidance material for small to medium sized businesses (SMEs), to help them protect personal information when using cloud computing. "Businesses today are increasingly turning...
Anniversary 20 years logo Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff has amended the Credit Reporting Privacy Code to allow limited use of credit reporting information for anti-money laundering (AML) purposes. From...
20 December 2012 Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff today welcomed the announcement that the European Commission had formally decided that New Zealand's Privacy Act offers an adequate standard of data protection...
6 December 2012 'The Deloitte report on MSD makes it very clear that there is a need for strong leadership by senior management on the way client information is...
28 November 2012 "This year has been marked for us by major public sector data breaches. Notable were the ACC spreadsheet breach in March and MSD kiosk breach in...
27 November 2012 Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff today released the first compliance assurance reports submitted to her office by the national credit reporting companies. Under a new requirement of...
