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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner presents free, occasional, lunchtime PrivacyLive forums. The PrivacyLive forums are for anyone with an interest in privacy-related and data protection issues and are free to attend.
You can find recordings of some of these presentations on our YouTube channel here.
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Webinar: Think before You Click, Spit, and Share. 7 December 2022 Dr Charbonneau: With her research work focusing on the direct-to-consumer genetic testing industry (DTC), Dr Jan Charbonneau focuses on the intersection of medical, consumer and research ethics, from both a regulatory and consumer behaviour perspective. The webinar will be chaired by Liz MacPherson, Deputy Privacy Commissioner. |
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PrivacyLive: Gender Affirming Data Collection 25 August 2022 (online) Do you need to collect gender data at all? If you do, how do you build systems that can do it in affirming and inclusive ways, and protect people who may not be out in certain spaces? How do organisations develop strategies for engaging and consulting with the people left out of existing/binary systems. Deputy Privacy Commissioner Liz MacPherson (she/her) chairs a panel discussion on gender diversity and data. Panellists:
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Introducing our new Privacy Commissioner28 July 2022 (online) Three weeks into the role, new Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster and Deputy Liz MacPherson discuss his perspectives, priorities and what he wants to hear from the sector. |
Reflections from New Zealand's outgoing Privacy Commissioner7 December 2021 (online) As his seven-year tenure draws to a close, John chats to Deputy Commissioner Liz MacPherson about his time in office, the impacts of the Privacy Act 2020 and his views on the future of privacy in New Zealand and beyond. |
The Privacy Act 2020 is here5 November 2020 (Wellington) The Privacy Act 2020 takes effect on 1 December. With less than a month before the law change takes effect, there will be much to discuss. The new law ushers in a new legal framework for the protection of personal information, including mandatory privacy breach notification and a new principle 12. For most organisations, the most notable change in the new Act will be the introduction of a requirement to report serious privacy breaches. Notifiable privacy breaches will require organisations to notify the Privacy Commissioner and any affected individuals if there is a the breach that has caused serious harm, or poses a risk of causing someone serious harm. But there's much more to the new Act to find out about, including the new criminal offences. The changes are a big step change in the New Zealand privacy environment. Learn more by attending this PrivacyLive seminar. |
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GDPR in 2020 24 February 2020 (Auckland) and 26 February 2020 (Wellington) Joëlle Jouret is a legal advisor for the European Data Protection Board, headquartered in Brussels. She visited New Zealand in February 2020 and participated in two PrivacyLive seminars on the topic of Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Joëlle presented in Auckland on 24 February at the Ellen Melville Centre and Wellington on 26 February at the National Library. |
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Artificial intelligence and its use in Government 16 October 2019 (Wellington) Our international speaker for the next PrivacyLive lunchtime forum is Victoria's Privacy and Data Protection Deputy Commissioner Rachel Dixon. In her presentation, Rachel will briefly cover the different kinds of AI, how they work in practice, and the conditions necessary for AI to deliver promised benefits without unintentional side effects. She will also look at some of the ethics frameworks and governance mechanisms proposed around the world and assess the pros and cons of each. |
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Your DNA is only a click away - An introduction to the personal genomics industry 20 June 2019 (Auckland) Dr Andelka Phillips will discuss her ongoing research on the direct-to-consumer genetic testing (DTC) industry which has developed and grown rapidly in the last 20 years. Genetic data is sensitive data. It can serve as an unique identifier for individuals, it can also be used to trace family members, and for a wide range of secondary research purposes, meaning that there are significant privacy risks to consider in this context. Dr Phillips' presentation will draw on on her book, Buying Your Self on the Internet: Wrap Contracts and Personal Genomics. She will give an introduction to the DTC industry and the issues these services raise for law and society more generally. |
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Europe's GDPR and New Zealand 13 May 2019 (Auckland), 14 May 2019 (Christchurch), 17 May 2019 (Wellington) Principal Consultant Caroline Carver of the privacy consultancy TwoBlackLabs will give an introduction to the Europe Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). During the session, Caroline will provide a summary overview of the major highlights of the GDPR, whether you as an organisation may be subject to the GDPR and what you would need to do to comply with it. She will also discuss some possible implications of Brexit for the GDPR. |
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Internet futures reconsidered: Human rights and emerging technologies 15 May 2019 (Auckland) Marianne Franklin is Professor of Global Media and Politics at Goldsmiths, University of London. During her visit to New Zealand, she will be presenting this PrivacyLive forum at the University of Auckland Business School in partnership with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the Privacy Foundation of New Zealand. Her presentation is about recognising that human rights - and privacy rights in particular - require protecting online as well as offline. But the global reach and market concentration of the world’s tech giants like Facebook, Google and Amazon continue to grow, putting pressure on existing human rights law and norms to respond in time. |
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The impact of grief journalism: lessons from Pike River May 16 2019 (Wellington) Modern journalism often focuses on grief and intense anxiety. We've seen this in the media coverage of the Christchurch attacks on 15 March 2019, and also in the reporting of the 2010 Pike River mine disaster. But to date there's been little examination of the impact of the collection and publication of news content on those who appear in it. Victoria University Faculty of Law professors, Nicole Moreham and Yvette Tinsley, have just published a study on the impact of journalism on the families of the Pike River men. This PrivacyLive presentation will draw on Prof Moreham and Prof Tinsley's qualitative research on the Pike River tragedy and their observations on the impact of grief-focused journalism on its subjects. |
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PrivacyLive: Use of DNA in criminal investigations 14 March 2019 (Wellington) Our first PrivacyLive forum for 2019 will explore privacy issues arising in the use of DNA in policing. This PrivacyLive forum will be presented by the New Zealand Law Commission - Te Aka Matua o te Ture - which is currently reviewing how New Zealand Police use DNA to investigate crime. The presentation will be by Kate McKenzie-Bridle and others from the Commission’s DNA review team. The review’s scope includes the hot issue of familial searches of genealogical websites to identify suspects. The forum will also explore privacy issues arising in the use of DNA in criminal investigations, including should Police be able to analyse DNA collected from a crime scene to find out the likely ethnicity of the person who left that DNA? Is that personal information, even though the identity of the person is unknown at the time that the information is collected? If so, what does that mean in terms of the competing privacy and law enforcement interests? |
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New boundaries of camera-based surveillance 18 September 2018 PhD candidate Andrew Chen will be focusing on some of the new camera-based surveillance systems to help people understand how these are unlocking data collection at an unprecedented scale. His presentation will also discuss the implications for privacy and ideas on how we can use technology to protect privacy. This PrivacyLive forum will be in Wellington. More information is available on this flyer. This is a public event and it is free to attend. |
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Right to Know Day: Are New Zealanders' Access-to-Information Rights Keeping Up with the Times? 26 September 2018 Come and hear from our access-to-information watchdogs, Privacy Commissioner John Edwards and Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier. Find out how the Privacy Act and the Official Information Act are vital tools for transparency in government and business. This discussion will be facilitated by Dr Kathleen Kuehn, a senior lecturer in digital media and author of 'The Post-Snowden Era: Mass Surveillance and Privacy in New Zealand'. |
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PrivacyLive: The Responsible Application of Data Analytics 27 September 2018 Canberra-based IT consultant Roger Clarke will discussing guidelines established the Australian National University for ensuring that data analytics projects are undertaken responsibly. Guidelines for Responsible Data Analytics provides a checklist of 40 'Do's and Don'ts' which can be mapped onto a business process model in order to identify the appropriate point at which each of the checks is most usefully performed. |
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