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Viewing entries tagged with 'International'

In Europe discussing information as a weapon and privacy John Edwards
30 October 2018 at 15:42

Last week was a big week for privacy internationally. Privacy Commissioners and Data Protection Authorities met in Brussels for their annual conference for the 40th time.

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Blair Stewart is leaving Charles Mabbett
30 October 2018 at 14:51

After 25 years’ service to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner Blair Stewart is retiring. For anyone with an interest in privacy law, this is significant and sad news. Blair’s contributions to the promotion of privacy within New Zealand and internationally are substantial and enduring.

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49th APPA Forum (Part 1): Scan of the Asia-Pacific Jane Foster
30 August 2018 at 11:10

On 25-26 June 2018, Privacy Commissioner John Edwards and I attended the 49th Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) Forum in San Francisco, California, hosted by the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

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49th APPA Forum (Part 2): Toys, open data and the GDPR Jane Foster
30 August 2018 at 10:51

The second day at the 49th APPA Forum consisted of discussion sessions with various presenters from the state sector, academia, private legal practice and the global technology companies. 

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49th APPA Forum (Part 3): The accountable AI workshop Jane Foster
30 August 2018 at 10:33

An international think-tank, the Centre of Information Policy Leadership (CIPL), hosted a workshop on Accountable Artificial Information at Google headquarters.

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Making a smart move Sophie Richardson
23 August 2018 at 10:29

One of the key observations in a new report on making our transport infrastructure more efficient is to not repeat information handling mistakes made overseas.

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UN Special Rapporteur’s consultation on Big Data-Open Data Joanna Hayward and Michael Harrison
15 August 2018 at 10:05

We recently participated in a two-day consultation on Big Data-Open Data at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney. The session was convened by Professor Joseph Cannataci, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Privacy.

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Meeting with privacy peers in Europe and America John Edwards
10 July 2018 at 10:26

The importance of international collaboration in privacy and data protection continues to increase. Our news feeds and inboxes have been filled with the new European data protection regulations, the GDPR, in recent months, as well as compliance and enforcement issues over data giants who cross borders and collect personal information from billions of people.

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