Office of the Privacy Commissioner

Including privacy in a modern constitution Joy Liddicoat
13 December 2017 at 12:51

A recent project of Sir Geoffrey Palmer and Dr Andrew Butler proposes “a modern constitution that is easy to understand, reflects New Zealand’s identity and nationhood, protects rights and liberties, and prevents governments from abusing power”.

legal, IPP8 - accuracy

What’s in a face? Sam Grover
6 October 2016 at 09:13

When an individual asks for privacy, what steps should an agency take to ensure that he or she is sufficiently anonymised? This was an issue that the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) grappled with in a recent decision.

media, CCTV, IPP8 - accuracy

Bankruptcy and the right to be forgotten Richard Stephen
20 August 2015 at 13:38

The issue over whether a person’s past should continue to be discoverable online is one of the big privacy debates of our time. Although the concept of the ‘right to be forgotten’ has been around since 2006, it gained momentum in 2014 when the European Court of Justice agreed that a Spanish man, Mario Gonzalez, had the right to get Google to “break the link” to online information about his past financial difficulties.

Credit reporting, IPP8 - accuracy, finance

The search for an accurate age Sam Grover
18 August 2015 at 16:12

What happens when an agency’s record of your identity conflicts with who you actually are? This is the question we grappled with in an Immigration New Zealand (INZ) case that we recently referred to the Director of Human Rights Proceedings.

IPP7 - correction, IPP8 - accuracy, Human Rights Review Tribunal, customs & immigration

Notes from the Identity Conference Charles Mabbett
5 June 2015 at 10:59

The 2015 Identity Conference began with Deputy Prime Minister Bill English calling for more permissive privacy settings in information sharing across the public sector. It ended 36 hours later with applause and a call for beers.

information sharing, IPP8 - accuracy

What we learned from Taylor v Orcon Inna Zadorozhnaya
2 June 2015 at 13:00

In the recent decision Taylor v Orcon Ltd, the Human Rights Review Tribunal ordered a telecommunications company, Orcon, to pay $25,000 in damages to Mr Taylor. This case sends a strong reminder to agencies to check the accuracy of personal information before using it.

IPP8 - accuracy, Human Rights Review Tribunal, Credit reporting, complaints

Sloppy spelling makes for expensive mistake Annabel Fordham
30 January 2015 at 16:32

It can be tedious to check those final details. Sometimes it hardly seems worth the effort. The British Companies House (equivalent to our Companies Office) found out the hard way that it really is worth it. The Companies House is facing an eye-watering damages bill because of wrongly listing Cardiff engineering firm Taylor & Sons Ltd as being in liquidation.

IPP8 - accuracy

Return of the Identity Conference Charles Mabbett
17 November 2014 at 15:06

It is exciting for us to be able to finally be able to tell everyone the Identity Conference is returning. The two day event will run two weeks after Privacy Week in May 2015. It will be the third time the Identity Conference has been run.

Privacy Week, IPP8 - accuracy

Viewing entries tagged with 'IPP8 - accuracy'

Including privacy in a modern constitution Joy Liddicoat 13 December 2017 at 12:51

What’s in a face? Sam Grover 6 October 2016 at 09:13

Bankruptcy and the right to be forgotten Richard Stephen 20 August 2015 at 13:38

The search for an accurate age Sam Grover 18 August 2015 at 16:12

Notes from the Identity Conference Charles Mabbett 5 June 2015 at 10:59

What we learned from Taylor v Orcon Inna Zadorozhnaya 2 June 2015 at 13:00

Sloppy spelling makes for expensive mistake Annabel Fordham 30 January 2015 at 16:32

Return of the Identity Conference Charles Mabbett 17 November 2014 at 15:06

Including privacy in a modern constitution Joy Liddicoat
13 December 2017 at 12:51

What’s in a face? Sam Grover
6 October 2016 at 09:13

Bankruptcy and the right to be forgotten Richard Stephen
20 August 2015 at 13:38

The search for an accurate age Sam Grover
18 August 2015 at 16:12

Notes from the Identity Conference Charles Mabbett
5 June 2015 at 10:59

What we learned from Taylor v Orcon Inna Zadorozhnaya
2 June 2015 at 13:00

Sloppy spelling makes for expensive mistake Annabel Fordham
30 January 2015 at 16:32

Return of the Identity Conference Charles Mabbett
17 November 2014 at 15:06