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IGOs help share best privacy practice Blair Stewart
15 October 2015 at 14:19

It’s not just privacy regulators and businesses that play an important role in privacy and data protection. Intergovernmental organisations (IGOs) also make an important contribution through their information handling rules, policies or practices.

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EU Safe Harbour decision could impact on NZ Charles Mabbett
7 October 2015 at 11:07

The impact of Edward Snowden’s leaks on US government internet surveillance has claimed another casualty - the ‘Safe Harbour’ provisions that legitimise a significant volume of European Union personal data transferred to the United States for processing.

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TPP and electronic commerce Blair Stewart
6 October 2015 at 12:19

After five years of negotiations, government ministers from the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries - New Zealand and  Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Singapore, United States, and Vietnam - announced their conclusions this week.

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Working the enquiries line Karin Carter
6 October 2015 at 11:19

Talking to people about how their personal information is collected, kept, used, and disclosed, and the impact it can have when something goes wrong, has put privacy in a new perspective for me – especially now that I deal with privacy matters every day.

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GCSB director on surveillance, oversight and CORTEX Charles Mabbett
2 October 2015 at 10:18

The GCSB does not undertake mass surveillance of New Zealanders. It was a message that the acting head of New Zealand’s foreign intelligence agency, Una Jagose, reiterated in Wellington this week, as well revealing details about the Bureau’s cyber-security work.

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The data breach that just gets worse and worse Tim Henwood
25 September 2015 at 15:25

Did you think Ashley Madison was a big deal? Most of us know the story - a group of people who were looking online for affairs got outed because hackers took the database and dumped it online for everyone to see.

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Our investigator wins mediation award Charles Mabbett
22 September 2015 at 13:55

We are delighted that one of our team leaders has been recognised for being a leading mediator. Riki Jamieson-Smyth was recently honoured by her peers for her highly effective work as a dispute resolution practitioner.

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Tribunal dismisses $100,000 damages claim Charles Mabbett
18 September 2015 at 10:54

A complainant seeking $100,000 in damages for Westpac’s disclosure of a debit card statement to his employer has had his case dismissed by the Human Rights Review Tribunal.

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