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Privacy in Schools: A guide to the Privacy Act for principals, teachers and boards of trustees
This book, published by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, is now available.
The book is written by leading New Zealand privacy lawyer Kathryn Dalziel and published by the Privacy Commissioner. It gives practical advice to schools about how the Privacy Act works. It includes discussions and examples of each of the privacy principles and looks at other relevant legislation that may need to be applied first. For instance:
• Can schools use CCTV cameras?
• Should they put photos of students on their websites?
• Do school counsellors have to disclose information to parents?
• When do schools have to disclose information to other agencies?
• How much information needs to be collected on school enrolment forms?
See below to download a pdf of this book.
See Appendix B sample form as a download.
If you would like to order copies of this book, please email enquiries@privacy.org.nz.
Downloads
Appendix-B-sample-form-from-Privacy-in-Schools-Sept-09.doc
DOC, 52 KB
Privacy-in-Schools-September-2009.pdf
PDF, 194 KB