Office of the Privacy Commissioner

EU Safe Harbour decision could impact on NZ Charles Mabbett
7 October 2015 at 11:07

The impact of Edward Snowden’s leaks on US government internet surveillance has claimed another casualty - the ‘Safe Harbour’ provisions that legitimise a significant volume of European Union personal data transferred to the United States for processing.

surveillance, International, data

TPP and electronic commerce Blair Stewart
6 October 2015 at 12:19

After five years of negotiations, government ministers from the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries - New Zealand and Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Singapore, United States, and Vietnam - announced their conclusions this week.

International, data

The data breach that just gets worse and worse Tim Henwood
25 September 2015 at 15:25

Did you think Ashley Madison was a big deal? Most of us know the story - a group of people who were looking online for affairs got outed because hackers took the database and dumped it online for everyone to see.

biometrics, breach, data

Customs, passwords and smartphones (oh my!) Tim Henwood
14 July 2015 at 16:47

There’s been a bit of murmuring on Twitter over the past couple of days because of this news story:

customs & immigration, security, data

There and back again in Privacy Week John Edwards
14 May 2015 at 11:47

I’ve been offshore recently attending a series of privacy-related engagements. While it was disappointing to miss Privacy Week, these were commitments made to international counterparts in Europe and Singapore who also largely funded my travel.

Privacy Week, data

Getting to know Asia’s data privacy laws Blair Stewart
13 March 2015 at 10:57

In our inter-connected world, legal advisers to businesses that operate online are increasingly expected to know or be able to find out something about other countries’ privacy laws. Asia is one of the world’s most significant economic regions and it is important to understand how the data protection and privacy environments of Asian countries work.

International, data, Asia Pacific

ANZ’s practical guide to protecting privacy Colin Trotter
16 December 2014 at 11:19

ANZ’s privacy and data protection manager Hannah Johnston was a recent guest speaker at our last Technology and Privacy Forum for 2014 and she gave a comprehensive overview about what the bank – New Zealand’s third largest employer after its merger with the National Bank – was doing to protect customer privacy.

finance, Privacy officer, data

Can 'big data' be principled? Blair Stewart
8 September 2014 at 02:08

Some privacy commentators consider ‘big data’ to be a newspeak phrase that attempts to repackage older familiar terms like ‘personal information’ in a way that reframes the concept and limits the way people think about the privacy issues.

data

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EU Safe Harbour decision could impact on NZ Charles Mabbett 7 October 2015 at 11:07

TPP and electronic commerce Blair Stewart 6 October 2015 at 12:19

The data breach that just gets worse and worse Tim Henwood 25 September 2015 at 15:25

Customs, passwords and smartphones (oh my!) Tim Henwood 14 July 2015 at 16:47

There and back again in Privacy Week John Edwards 14 May 2015 at 11:47

Getting to know Asia’s data privacy laws Blair Stewart 13 March 2015 at 10:57

ANZ’s practical guide to protecting privacy Colin Trotter 16 December 2014 at 11:19

Can 'big data' be principled? Blair Stewart 8 September 2014 at 02:08

EU Safe Harbour decision could impact on NZ Charles Mabbett
7 October 2015 at 11:07

TPP and electronic commerce Blair Stewart
6 October 2015 at 12:19

The data breach that just gets worse and worse Tim Henwood
25 September 2015 at 15:25

Customs, passwords and smartphones (oh my!) Tim Henwood
14 July 2015 at 16:47

There and back again in Privacy Week John Edwards
14 May 2015 at 11:47

Getting to know Asia’s data privacy laws Blair Stewart
13 March 2015 at 10:57

ANZ’s practical guide to protecting privacy Colin Trotter
16 December 2014 at 11:19

Can 'big data' be principled? Blair Stewart
8 September 2014 at 02:08