Office of the Privacy Commissioner

Bankruptcy and the right to be forgotten Richard Stephen
20 August 2015 at 13:38

The issue over whether a person’s past should continue to be discoverable online is one of the big privacy debates of our time. Although the concept of the ‘right to be forgotten’ has been around since 2006, it gained momentum in 2014 when the European Court of Justice agreed that a Spanish man, Mario Gonzalez, had the right to get Google to “break the link” to online information about his past financial difficulties.

Credit reporting, IPP8 - accuracy, finance

The search for an accurate age Sam Grover
18 August 2015 at 16:12

What happens when an agency’s record of your identity conflicts with who you actually are? This is the question we grappled with in an Immigration New Zealand (INZ) case that we recently referred to the Director of Human Rights Proceedings.

IPP7 - correction, IPP8 - accuracy, Human Rights Review Tribunal, customs & immigration

$15,000 award shows need to follow workplace policy Charles Mabbett
17 August 2015 at 10:05

People have a right to access information about themselves. When workplace policies reinforce this right, it is risky to deviate from them. This was recently underlined in a Human Rights Review Tribunal decision to award a former Capital Coast DHB (CCDHB) nurse $15,000 for being denied information about a harassment complaint she made against her manager.

IPP6 - access, Human Rights Review Tribunal, health

Holmes vs Housing New Zealand Charles Mabbett
14 August 2015 at 16:27

A Housing New Zealand tenant who found himself in a bureaucratic limbo when he complained to several agencies about a noisy neighbour has been awarded $400 damages.

IPP6 - access, Human Rights Review Tribunal

$18,000 damages for disclosing private letter Charles Mabbett
6 August 2015 at 14:24

The Human Rights Review Tribunal says a former Massey University extramural student society president suffered humiliation and significant injury to her feelings after a private letter addressed to her was leaked to a student magazine.

IPP11 - disclosure, Human Rights Review Tribunal, complaints

Leaving no child left unmined? Octavia Palmer
29 July 2015 at 10:31

Here's a question that many school administrators, boards of trustees, parents and teachers across the country are currently grappling with: how to protect student privacy and still take advantage of new internet-connected education technology, increasingly known as EduTech?

children

What we learned from Taylor v Orcon Inna Zadorozhnaya
2 June 2015 at 13:00

In the recent decision Taylor v Orcon Ltd, the Human Rights Review Tribunal ordered a telecommunications company, Orcon, to pay $25,000 in damages to Mr Taylor. This case sends a strong reminder to agencies to check the accuracy of personal information before using it.

IPP8 - accuracy, Human Rights Review Tribunal, Credit reporting, complaints

High Court backs Tribunal decision Katrine Evans
7 May 2015 at 10:27

In an earlier post, we discussed the Human Rights Review Tribunal decision in the case of Andrews v Commissioner of Police. The Police had successfully defended a Privacy Act case that Mr Andrews brought against them. They applied for $7,500 to $10,000 costs, but the Tribunal declined to award any costs at all.

Human Rights Review Tribunal, law enforcement

Bankruptcy and the right to be forgotten Richard Stephen 20 August 2015 at 13:38

The search for an accurate age Sam Grover 18 August 2015 at 16:12

$15,000 award shows need to follow workplace policy Charles Mabbett 17 August 2015 at 10:05

Holmes vs Housing New Zealand Charles Mabbett 14 August 2015 at 16:27

$18,000 damages for disclosing private letter Charles Mabbett 6 August 2015 at 14:24

Leaving no child left unmined? Octavia Palmer 29 July 2015 at 10:31

What we learned from Taylor v Orcon Inna Zadorozhnaya 2 June 2015 at 13:00

High Court backs Tribunal decision Katrine Evans 7 May 2015 at 10:27

Bankruptcy and the right to be forgotten Richard Stephen
20 August 2015 at 13:38

The search for an accurate age Sam Grover
18 August 2015 at 16:12

$15,000 award shows need to follow workplace policy Charles Mabbett
17 August 2015 at 10:05

Holmes vs Housing New Zealand Charles Mabbett
14 August 2015 at 16:27

$18,000 damages for disclosing private letter Charles Mabbett
6 August 2015 at 14:24

Leaving no child left unmined? Octavia Palmer
29 July 2015 at 10:31

What we learned from Taylor v Orcon Inna Zadorozhnaya
2 June 2015 at 13:00

High Court backs Tribunal decision Katrine Evans
7 May 2015 at 10:27