Office of the Privacy Commissioner

Nurses data breach: what happened and how to get help Charles Mabbett
2 November 2016 at 14:30

If you’re one of the thousands of New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) members whose names and email addresses were accidentally disclosed to a criminal third party, you might be wondering what you can do about it. The first thing you need to do is to try and understand what happened and what the risks are to you.

complaints, email, data, health, breach

Fancy Bears hack shows spear phishing threat Charles Mabbett
7 October 2016 at 15:00

Nobody likes their health information being made public. But for Olympic athletes, this has become an occupational hazard as allegations of cheating and the use of performance-enhancing drugs are exchanged between those found to be guilty and those who are clean.

IPP11 - disclosure, security, cybersecurity, breach, data

Joined-up international privacy problem solving Blair Stewart
24 June 2016 at 15:12

The OECD has just completed an important set of meetings. At its heart was the ministerial meeting on the digital economy which had as its theme innovation, growth and social prosperity. Preceding the main meeting was series of stakeholder forums.

data, OECD, International

What do New Zealanders think of data portability Blair Stewart
10 May 2016 at 15:54

Should consumers have a right to demand the transfer of their personal information from one online provider to another of their choice? The Privacy Commissioner this week released survey results that showed a majority (56 percent) of New Zealanders consider the ability to transfer personal information between social network or cloud services as important or very important.

Europe, data

UN Special Rapporteur for Privacy Week John Edwards
9 February 2016 at 10:52

I’m looking forward to the visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy during Privacy Week in May this year. Professor Joseph Cannataci is the world’s first privacy investigator at this international level, appointed by the United Nations to the new position just last year. He will speak at our Privacy Forums in Wellington on 11 May and in Auckland on 12 May.

International, Privacy Week, data

Staying safe online in 2016 Becci Whitton
27 January 2016 at 10:54

Does working at the Office of the Privacy Commissioner make you paranoid? Well, it’s not quite that bad, but a New Zealand Herald article about cybercrime and identity theft prompted me to think about the number of my online profiles that use, or are linked to, my real identity.

email, cybersecurity, data

Privacy proposals for the digital age Blair Stewart
14 January 2016 at 16:30

The World Wide Web was invented in 1989 at much the same time that final drafting touches were being made to a privacy bill to be introduced to New Zealand’s Parliament. By 1993, when the Privacy Act was finally enacted, there were – wait for it – an estimated 15 million users of the Internet worldwide. That same year, according to Down to the Wire, Nat Torkington created New Zealand’s first ‘real web site’.

OECD, International, Harmful Digital Communications, data, Asia Pacific

TPP text on protecting personal information Blair Stewart
10 November 2015 at 15:44

As reported in last month’s blog, after five years work, government ministers from the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries announced the conclusion of their TPP trade negotiations. The result of the talks is a free trade agreement that seeks to liberalise trade and investment between 12 Pacific Rim countries.

International, data

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Nurses data breach: what happened and how to get help Charles Mabbett 2 November 2016 at 14:30

Fancy Bears hack shows spear phishing threat Charles Mabbett 7 October 2016 at 15:00

Joined-up international privacy problem solving Blair Stewart 24 June 2016 at 15:12

What do New Zealanders think of data portability Blair Stewart 10 May 2016 at 15:54

UN Special Rapporteur for Privacy Week John Edwards 9 February 2016 at 10:52

Staying safe online in 2016 Becci Whitton 27 January 2016 at 10:54

Privacy proposals for the digital age Blair Stewart 14 January 2016 at 16:30

TPP text on protecting personal information Blair Stewart 10 November 2015 at 15:44

Nurses data breach: what happened and how to get help Charles Mabbett
2 November 2016 at 14:30

Fancy Bears hack shows spear phishing threat Charles Mabbett
7 October 2016 at 15:00

Joined-up international privacy problem solving Blair Stewart
24 June 2016 at 15:12

What do New Zealanders think of data portability Blair Stewart
10 May 2016 at 15:54

UN Special Rapporteur for Privacy Week John Edwards
9 February 2016 at 10:52

Staying safe online in 2016 Becci Whitton
27 January 2016 at 10:54

Privacy proposals for the digital age Blair Stewart
14 January 2016 at 16:30

TPP text on protecting personal information Blair Stewart
10 November 2015 at 15:44