Office of the Privacy Commissioner

More privacy authorities online than ever Blair Stewart
17 August 2017 at 16:53

When the Office of the Privacy Commissioner launched its website in 1995, very few government organisations in New Zealand had an online presence. The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, Te Ara, tells us that the first New Zealand website was created only in 1992.

International, social media, data

Does your office blog? Charles Mabbett
31 May 2017 at 14:53

A few months ago, our office asked our international privacy and data protection watchdog colleagues to let us know if their office was using blogging as a communications tool. The results received have been mixed and modest.

Global Privacy Assembly (GPA), International, social media

Press Council upholds grieving family's privacy complaint Charles Mabbett
2 March 2016 at 09:21

The New Zealand Press Council has sent a timely reminder to the news media to check how they use photos taken from social media in news stories.

social media, law enforcement, media

Dealing effectively with online cries for help Octavia Palmer
20 July 2015 at 14:45

“A lot of you cared, just not enough” - Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why. Hannah, the subject of Jay Asher’s young-adult novel, commits suicide. Before she killed herself, she left an anonymous note for her teacher saying she was considering suicide. As the note was anonymous, the faculty did not take it seriously.

Facebook, Health Information Privacy Code, social media, health

Friday frivolity John Edwards
19 June 2015 at 10:49

Privacy is a serious business, but like all serious topics, it can also provide a rich vein of humour. As Peter Ustinov famously said, comedy is simply a funny way of being serious. In this spirit, we’ve done a little mining for your Friday diversion.

social media

Sharing images and not caring Charles Mabbett
3 February 2015 at 14:18

We can all be paparazzi now but that doesn’t mean we should be. That’s no consolation at all to two office workers who were photographed and filmed having sex in a Christchurch office by nearby bar patrons.

Harmful Digital Communications, social media, Facebook

The music of privacy John Edwards
23 January 2015 at 09:33

Our work doesn’t have to all be hard slog - especially at this time of the year, and nor do our blog posts. I thought I’d take a lead from Public Address and give a Friday post over to music that can loosely be linked to a privacy theme.

Google, intelligence, social media

Yo Tim Henwood
26 June 2014 at 02:57

Yo - an app so deceptively simple it is regularly dismissed as stupid or pointless - has been headlining the web’s tech news pages recently. For those that aren’t up to speed, Yo allows you to send a one-word message to friends who you have added on Yo. (Guess what that one word message is!)

social media, technology

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More privacy authorities online than ever Blair Stewart 17 August 2017 at 16:53

Does your office blog? Charles Mabbett 31 May 2017 at 14:53

Press Council upholds grieving family's privacy complaint Charles Mabbett 2 March 2016 at 09:21

Dealing effectively with online cries for help Octavia Palmer 20 July 2015 at 14:45

Friday frivolity John Edwards 19 June 2015 at 10:49

Sharing images and not caring Charles Mabbett 3 February 2015 at 14:18

The music of privacy John Edwards 23 January 2015 at 09:33

Yo Tim Henwood 26 June 2014 at 02:57

More privacy authorities online than ever Blair Stewart
17 August 2017 at 16:53

Does your office blog? Charles Mabbett
31 May 2017 at 14:53

Press Council upholds grieving family's privacy complaint Charles Mabbett
2 March 2016 at 09:21

Dealing effectively with online cries for help Octavia Palmer
20 July 2015 at 14:45

Friday frivolity John Edwards
19 June 2015 at 10:49

Sharing images and not caring Charles Mabbett
3 February 2015 at 14:18

The music of privacy John Edwards
23 January 2015 at 09:33

Yo Tim Henwood
26 June 2014 at 02:57