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Privacy Law Reform Resources
The Privacy Commissioner periodically reviews New Zealand’s Privacy Act with a view to offering recommendations for improvements. Occasionally other bodies, such as the Law Commission, also review aspects of privacy law. Recommendations for law reform sometimes result in bills before Parliament.
The Privacy Commissioner first reviewed the Privacy Act in 1998. In 2009, the Government introduced the Privacy (Cross Border Information) Amendment Bill to Parliament to implement some of the Commissioner’s recommendations. The Select Committee reported back to Parliament on the Bill in September 2009. For the Select Committee report, click here.
Also, this year the New Zealand Law Commission will continue a privacy project that it began in 2006. Through the links below you can access resources on the Privacy Commissioner’s and Law Commission’s reviews. We will add information about bills before Parliament as these become available.
There has been considerable law reform activity overseas as well. We have provided links to some recent resources from Australia and elsewhere.
Follow the links to read more and to download resources:
· Privacy Commissioner’s review of the Privacy Act