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...
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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...