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Privacy Awareness Week 2012

29 April - 5 May 2012

Identity Conference 2012 and Privacy Forum - registrations now open

There will be two major privacy-related conferences in Wellington during next year's Privacy Awareness Week. Registrations are now open for both - get in early to get the cheapest possible deals!

PRIVACY FORUM 

Our own Privacy Forum is on 2 May at the Intercontinental, Grey Street, Wellington.  View our draft programme.

Topics include:

• cloud computing
• news media and new media
• online tracking technologies
• regional shared healthcare and the proposed new government information sharing framework.

Several of the Identity Conference's keynote speakers - including Dr Borking, Mr Crompton and Professor Raab - will also be speaking at the Privacy Forum (on different topics from the ones they covered earlier in the week).

We're offering a special price of $200 for people who are also registered for the Identity Conference. For those who just want to come to the Privacy Forum, early bird registration is $250 (before 1 March) and full registration is $300. You're welcome to register now - just fill in this form and send it to us at forum@privacy.org.nz

 

IDENTITY CONFERENCE


The Identity Conference "Managing Digital Identity in a Networked World" is on 30 April and 1 May at Te Papa Tongarewa. It is jointly organised by Victoria University of Wellington, the Department of Internal Affairs, and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.

The Identity Conference will highlight the latest trends, perspectives, solutions and experiences in identity management. Several exceptional international speakers are already confirmed, including:

 

• Dr John Borking, former Netherlands Privacy Commissioner, who has particular expertise in privacy enhancing technologies
• Malcolm Crompton, former Australian Privacy Commissioner, now international privacy consultant
• Professor Charles Raab, University of Edinburgh, who has written extensively on privacy and was an adviser to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Surveillance Society

For details about the Identity Conference, and how to register, go to  http://www.identityconference.victoria.ac.nz/registration.aspx

 

MAKE PAW WORK FOR YOU!

• support/promote an event organised or hosted by another agency or host your own event in your town
• highlight your own privacy work by, for example, putting out guidance information or
• publish guidance information for those using or working with cloud platforms
• do a supportive media release
• invite any speakers you may have visiting at the time who could talk about privacy, to do a public or invitation-based seminar or workshop. 

Privacy Awareness Week is an annual promotion by the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA).  See www.privacyawarenessweek.org for international events and activities.

View the results of the recent APPA social networking survey.

View the Communique from the 36th APPA forum hosted by the office of the Victorian Privacy Commissioner in Melbourne, Australia on 1-2 December 2011.

PREVIOUS PAW RESOURCES

Trade Me and APPA Survey links
Trade Me, New Zealand's well known shopping and online auction website supported Privacy Awareness Week in 2011 by promoting the PAW social media survey.  

Check out our animation on YouTube.

Check out the ID Theft Self-Check Tool.