Office of the Privacy Commissioner

Managing disclosure when faced with closure Charles Mabbett
29 May 2015 at 13:24

What happens to personal information when an organisation closes down? One thing is certain. Don’t follow the example of a doctor who, when closing his surgery to retire, attempted to bury his patient notes on a beach. The tides and the wind had other plans and scattered the files along the beach for all to see.

IPP5 - storage & security, IPP6 - access, Health Information Privacy Code, health

Fined for not handing over a file Charles Mabbett
19 May 2015 at 14:02

A lawyer has been fined $7500 for failing to release a file to a client’s new lawyer. The case, reported in the Law Society magazine Law Talk, is relevant to an issue that we’ve blogged about before because clients’ rights to access information held by their lawyers is also covered by the Privacy Act.

complaints, IPP6 - access

X + Y JLB
26 March 2015 at 15:45

Use our new response calculator to work out the latest date by when an organisation must respond to you if you make a request to access or correct your personal information. This is usually 20 working days after the request is received by them.

IPP6 - access, complaints

Hand it over or face the music Sarah Thompson
11 December 2014 at 10:31

Over the last few months we’ve talked about how our Office is trying to provide more effective and efficient responses when we investigate complaints by taking a practical approach to dispute resolution - including trying to talk with people more and calling compulsory conferences where appropriate.

complaints, IPP6 - access

Solicitor's lien and the Privacy Act Dana George
26 November 2014 at 15:34

We get it. As a lawyer, one of the least fun things about your job is chasing the money. Sometimes people just don’t cough up for the service you provide.

IPP6 - access

No money, no problem Dana George
11 August 2014 at 11:43

As a general rule in New Zealand, if you go to Court and you lose, you’re going to have to foot the bill – and not just your own legal bill but a chunk of the other party’s costs too.

Human Rights Review Tribunal, IPP6 - access, IPP11 - disclosure, law enforcement

Viewing entries tagged with 'IPP6 - access'

Managing disclosure when faced with closure Charles Mabbett 29 May 2015 at 13:24

Fined for not handing over a file Charles Mabbett 19 May 2015 at 14:02

X + Y JLB 26 March 2015 at 15:45

Hand it over or face the music Sarah Thompson 11 December 2014 at 10:31

Solicitor's lien and the Privacy Act Dana George 26 November 2014 at 15:34

No money, no problem Dana George 11 August 2014 at 11:43

Managing disclosure when faced with closure Charles Mabbett
29 May 2015 at 13:24

Fined for not handing over a file Charles Mabbett
19 May 2015 at 14:02

X + Y JLB
26 March 2015 at 15:45

Hand it over or face the music Sarah Thompson
11 December 2014 at 10:31

Solicitor's lien and the Privacy Act Dana George
26 November 2014 at 15:34

No money, no problem Dana George
11 August 2014 at 11:43