Office of the Privacy Commissioner

Do you really need that information? Shaun Ritchie
7 February 2018 at 16:10

Knowledge is power – a cliché, sure, but for a reason. As an agency, the more you know about your clients, the more effective your service can be. It makes sense to gather as much information as possible about the people you interact with. So why wouldn’t you?

IPP11 - disclosure, IPP5 - storage & security, IPP6 - access, law enforcement, IPP4 - manner of collection

UK supermarket chain ‘vicariously liable’ for data leak Angus Jamieson
2 February 2018 at 10:23

UPDATE:

International, data, breach, IPP5 - storage & security

Taking photos on a plane Charles Mabbett
31 January 2018 at 09:13

Can passengers take photos and videos on a plane? An airline approached us seeking guidance because the increasing likelihood of passenger recordings made on board a flight has clear privacy implications for the air crew and the other passengers.

Harmful Digital Communications

Information sharing: Learning from overseas experience John Edwards
30 January 2018 at 12:51

Privacy is sometimes wrongly seen as antithetical to information sharing. It is not. Privacy and information sharing are different sides of the same coin. Our Privacy Act could just have easily and just as accurately been called the Information Sharing Act. Rather than arbitrarily limit what information can be shared, with whom, and for what purposes, the Privacy Act provides a framework for safe information sharing.

International, information sharing

Artificial intelligence in health Vanya Vida
30 January 2018 at 09:29

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a term used to describe a broad basket of self-learning technologies. It is not only for self-driving cars, making shopping easier or for businesses to make better decisions in allocating their resources - but can reveal new insights into health issues and provide solutions to enable people to live a healthy life.

biometrics

Nosing around the Customs and Excise Bill Sophie Richardson
20 December 2017 at 09:00

Cast your mind back to 2013. Same-sex marriage was legalised in NZ, we learnt more about the activities of the NSA than we ever cared to know, Prince George was born, Margaret Thatcher died and our long Marmite (marmageddon) nightmare finally ended.

customs & immigration

Highlights of APPA 48 Blair Stewart
19 December 2017 at 11:26

Privacy authorities in our region rounded off the year in Vancouver with the 48th Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) Forum on 16-17 November. The meeting was hosted by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC-Canada) and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia (OIPC-BC). Our office was represented by the Commissioner, John Edwards, and myself.

International, Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA), Global Privacy Assembly (GPA), Asia Pacific

What’s happening with the Trans-Pacific Partnership? Blair Stewart
15 December 2017 at 15:33

Rumours of the demise of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have proved premature. It has been given new life - with some important changes – as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). What has happened and does this mean anything for privacy?

International, Asia Pacific

Do you really need that information? Shaun Ritchie 7 February 2018 at 16:10

UK supermarket chain ‘vicariously liable’ for data leak Angus Jamieson 2 February 2018 at 10:23

Taking photos on a plane Charles Mabbett 31 January 2018 at 09:13

Information sharing: Learning from overseas experience John Edwards 30 January 2018 at 12:51

Artificial intelligence in health Vanya Vida 30 January 2018 at 09:29

Nosing around the Customs and Excise Bill Sophie Richardson 20 December 2017 at 09:00

Highlights of APPA 48 Blair Stewart 19 December 2017 at 11:26

What’s happening with the Trans-Pacific Partnership? Blair Stewart 15 December 2017 at 15:33

Do you really need that information? Shaun Ritchie
7 February 2018 at 16:10

UK supermarket chain ‘vicariously liable’ for data leak Angus Jamieson
2 February 2018 at 10:23

Taking photos on a plane Charles Mabbett
31 January 2018 at 09:13

Information sharing: Learning from overseas experience John Edwards
30 January 2018 at 12:51

Artificial intelligence in health Vanya Vida
30 January 2018 at 09:29

Nosing around the Customs and Excise Bill Sophie Richardson
20 December 2017 at 09:00

Highlights of APPA 48 Blair Stewart
19 December 2017 at 11:26

What’s happening with the Trans-Pacific Partnership? Blair Stewart
15 December 2017 at 15:33