About us

Our values statement

Statement of Intent

The purpose of the Statement of Intent is to set out the medium term intentions and undertakings of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for the period 2023 and our direction through to 2027.

Statement of Performance Expectations

View our Performance Expectations for the period 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Disclosure Statement for the Privacy Commissioner's expenses

View the statement for the period 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024

View the statement for the period 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

View the statement for the period 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

View the statement for the period 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Disclosure Statement for Acting Privacy Commissioner's expenses

View the statement for the period 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

OPC policies

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner has a number of internal policies that reflect our values as an independent crown entity and public regulator. View our policies.

Compliance and Regulatory Action Framework

Read our compliance and regulatory action policies here.

Memorandums of Understanding

MOU between The Australian Information Commissioner and The New Zealand Privacy Commissioner in relation to Information Sharing can be viewed here

OPC Kia Toipoto Pay Gaps Action Plan

Read our Kia Toipoto Pay Gaps Action Plan (2022) here.

Reports to the Minister and key performance indicators

In the four monthly reports to the Minister we comment on how work is proceeding within the office on such matters as complaints and investigations, policy and codes of practice, communications and governance. View the most recent report and our key performance indicators.

Website privacy notice

This privacy notice applies to personal information that we collect through this website: www.privacy.org.nz

We also collect information through our online learning modules and the privacy notices for these modules can be found here.

If you find a security issue with our online systems, please tell us so that we can get it fixed. Our goal is to protect people’s privacy. That means getting vulnerabilities fixed as soon as possible. Read our Vulnerability Disclosure Policy.

Accessibility and Web Accessibility Standards

We aim to ensure the people we engage with are treated fairly, whatever their background. We will accommodate the needs of anyone with disabilities to the best of our ability in accordance with the Human Rights Act 1993.

People can contact us here with their preferred communication method and we welcome any feedback on how we can improve our services.

The New Zealand Government Web Standards came into force in July 2019. They define how to ensure government websites are accessible and useable for everyone, including people with disabilities. Click here to learn more.

Official Information Act statistics

View our statistics.

Our cookie policy

We use cookies on our site where they are required for particular features to work - for example, if you are a logged in user, to allow you to remain logged in whilst you complete certain tasks. Find out more.

Copyright and disclaimer

All material on this site that we have created is covered by a Creative Commons 'Attribution (BY)' licence. For details, check http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz.

Privacy Impact Assessment on OPC's use of Microsoft cloud service

This privacy impact assessment (“PIA”) explains the process we followed, the factors we considered, and the steps we have taken or are taking to make sure this decision does not adversely affect the privacy of New Zealanders. In making our PIA publicly available, we are seeking to ensure that our customers and stakeholders can have comfort that we have made a careful and safe decision about the way we will handle the personal information entrusted to us.

See the 2019 PIA here
See the 2023 PIA here