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Tackling revenge porn Hayley Forrest
15 April 2016 at 14:19

Like all 90’s kids, my worst nightmare used to be that I’d forget to save my level progress in Zool. It’s safe to say that my perception has changed since then.

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Can I tell someone if I’m worried about a child? Becci Whitton
1 April 2016 at 09:29

I visited my small home town for the first time in a long while over the Easter weekend. This meant having a lot of conversations that started with, “so, where are you working these days?” I would then explain the work that we do here at the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, and was pleasantly surprised by how interested most people were in privacy issues! 

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Rush is on for more privacy intrusive laws - UN investigator Charles Mabbett
31 March 2016 at 12:34

Around the world, governments are rushing through legislation in an effort to legitimise the use of privacy-intrusive measures by security and intelligence services, says the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy in his March report to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR).

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Loose lips sink ships Marilyn Andrew
22 March 2016 at 12:28

Talking is an important part of our everyday activity - particularly in the workplace. Morning greetings, general chit-chat with colleagues while getting a cuppa, video conferences, and discussing all manner of things to ensure a successful and quality productive day.  I certainly do a lot of talking in my role as enquiries officer.   

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Barking dogs and listening devices Joanna Hayward
17 March 2016 at 11:27

Barking dogs can be a real neighbourhood nightmare. Dog owners have a legal obligation to take all reasonable steps to ensure their dog’s barking doesn’t cause a nuisance to others.

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Coming to a place near you Charles Mabbett
7 March 2016 at 10:24

We make regular visits to the regions to meet people, discuss our work and find out how we can help. It is part of our public affairs and education outreach programme.

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Man who secretly filmed sex with girlfriends loses appeal Charles Mabbett
4 March 2016 at 10:15

The Court of Appeal recently considered a case that contained seemingly conflicting privacy elements. A man convicted on 20 counts of making intimate visual recordings was unsuccessful in appealing his convictions on the basis that there had been an intrusion into his privacy and the search warrant Police used was invalid.

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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.

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