Office of the Privacy Commissioner

Your DNA is only a click away: Home DNA tests and privacy Feilidh Dwyer
6 August 2019 at 09:53

Since 2007, companies like 23andMe.com and Ancestry.com have made at-home DNA testing kits accessible to the masses. Through a simple online order, you can receive a kit, provide a saliva sample and return it to the company for analysis.

health, data

Netflix’s The Great Hack review: An insight into the threat big tech companies pose for democracies Feilidh Dwyer
5 August 2019 at 12:35

“Our personal data is out there and being used against us in ways we don’t understand.” – Assoc Prof David Carroll.

Facebook, social media, breach

Guest post: Outsourcing your Privacy Officer obligation Paul Holmes – Managing Director of INFO by Design
2 August 2019 at 09:31

Personal information is taonga (a treasure). Every day, people provide business and government with information about themselves in order to access products and services that are of value to them. This exchange happens according to tiakitanga (trust that that personal information will be respected, protected and valued).

Privacy officer

Are you ready for breach notifications? Vee Blackwood
17 July 2019 at 12:28

As you may already know, both winter and privacy breach notifications are coming. And while you may have already prepared for winter and its influx of colds and flu, it’s also important to prepare for mandatory breach notifications, so that your agency is ready when the requirements kick in.

Health Information Privacy Code, health, breach

Privacy commissioners gather in Tokyo – Part 2 Joanna Hayward
9 July 2019 at 08:45

Privacy Commissioner John Edwards partakes in a sake ceremony

Privacy commissioners gather in Tokyo - Part 1 Joanna Hayward
9 July 2019 at 08:43

Attendees at this year's APPA forum in Tokyo, Japan

Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA), International

G20: Osaka Track – International declaration on cross-border data flows Feilidh Dwyer
8 July 2019 at 10:03

In late June, as US President Donald Trump soaked up media attention by stepping into North Korean territory with the nation’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, an important speech made by Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, at the G20 in Osaka went comparatively unnoticed.

International, data

Privacy Good Research Fund 2019 Annabel Fordham
5 July 2019 at 16:03

The Privacy Good Research Fund will soon be opening again and accepting applications. The Fund is intended for privacy-related research projects and awareness raising initiatives.

research

Viewing entries posted in 2019

Your DNA is only a click away: Home DNA tests and privacy Feilidh Dwyer 6 August 2019 at 09:53

Netflix’s The Great Hack review: An insight into the threat big tech companies pose for democracies Feilidh Dwyer 5 August 2019 at 12:35

Guest post: Outsourcing your Privacy Officer obligation Paul Holmes – Managing Director of INFO by Design 2 August 2019 at 09:31

Are you ready for breach notifications? Vee Blackwood 17 July 2019 at 12:28

Privacy commissioners gather in Tokyo – Part 2 Joanna Hayward 9 July 2019 at 08:45

Privacy commissioners gather in Tokyo - Part 1 Joanna Hayward 9 July 2019 at 08:43

G20: Osaka Track – International declaration on cross-border data flows Feilidh Dwyer 8 July 2019 at 10:03

Privacy Good Research Fund 2019 Annabel Fordham 5 July 2019 at 16:03

Your DNA is only a click away: Home DNA tests and privacy Feilidh Dwyer
6 August 2019 at 09:53

Netflix’s The Great Hack review: An insight into the threat big tech companies pose for democracies Feilidh Dwyer
5 August 2019 at 12:35

Guest post: Outsourcing your Privacy Officer obligation Paul Holmes – Managing Director of INFO by Design
2 August 2019 at 09:31

Are you ready for breach notifications? Vee Blackwood
17 July 2019 at 12:28

Privacy commissioners gather in Tokyo – Part 2 Joanna Hayward
9 July 2019 at 08:45

Privacy commissioners gather in Tokyo - Part 1 Joanna Hayward
9 July 2019 at 08:43

G20: Osaka Track – International declaration on cross-border data flows Feilidh Dwyer
8 July 2019 at 10:03

Privacy Good Research Fund 2019 Annabel Fordham
5 July 2019 at 16:03