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Employer’s failure to secure employee’s personal information results in $7000 pay-out

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The appellant, Arthur Taylor, sought access to his personal information held by the Department of Corrections, for the period 1 August 2014 – 5 September 2014. He was at the time a prisoner at Auckland Regional Prison, Albany. His request was broad, seeking:

A significant change in the Privacy Bill is a new privacy principle containing a series of controls on the disclosure of personal information to foreign agencies or persons. This is noteworthy because of the reliance that many businesses have upon cloud-based service providers, and the importance of free-flowing data globally.

I am very pleased to announce that former Chief Executive of Statistics NZ and Government Statistician Liz MacPherson will be joining the Office for one year in the role of Assistant Commissioner.