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Introducing Health ABC Sam Grover
7 August 2018 at 16:26

Letters in the wrong envelope, sensitive documents left on a photocopier, an autofill error in an email - these are some of the most common privacy breaches, and have been since the Privacy Act was passed in 1993.

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Photographing girls on beach not indecent - Supreme Court Ophelia Waite
24 July 2018 at 16:26

In this decision, the Supreme Court clarified the law relating to sections 125 and 126 of the Crimes Act 1961, relating to indecent acts.

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Privacy beyond the grave Richard Stephen
24 July 2018 at 08:51

Generally the Privacy Act doesn’t apply to deceased people. This is because the Privacy Act protects the rights of “individuals”, and section 2 of the Act defines an individual as a “natural person, other than a deceased person”.

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Tribunal strikes out privacy case Charles Mabbett
4 July 2018 at 10:24

A recent privacy case shows it is in nobody’s interests to waste the Human Rights Review Tribunal’s time.

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Kim Dotcom v Crown Law Office Ophelia Waite
19 June 2018 at 11:28

The following is a summary of a Human Rights Review Tribunal decision which has since been overturned by the High Court. You can read the High Court decision here [1 October 2018]. The Court of Appeal decision is here [10 November 2020].

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Working with Industry 2: Are you ready for the GDPR? Nicola Hermansson
24 May 2018 at 10:58

This guest post was contributed by Nicola Hermansson, APAC Data Protection & Privacy Leader at EY. It is the second in our Working with Industry series of guest posts. The Working with Industry series do not necessarily reflect the views of our office and are published to inform and stimulate debate on topical privacy issues and developments.
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Supreme Court’s Alsford decision affirms role of the Privacy Act Jane Foster
11 May 2018 at 15:26

R v Alsford is an important privacy decision. The Supreme Court has clarified the law in relation to voluntary requests for personal information by law enforcement agencies, and affirms the obligations and responsibilities of both the law enforcement requester and the responding agency.

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Working with Industry 1: How Uber is driving privacy initiatives Richard Menzies
7 May 2018 at 09:00

This guest post was contributed by Richard Menzies, General Manager, Uber NZ, to mark Privacy Week. It is the first in our Working with Industry series of guest posts. The Working with Industry series do not necessarily reflect the views of our office and are published to inform and stimulate debate on topical privacy issues and developments.

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