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Code update to allow emergency services better access to location information
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has amended the Telecommunications Information Privacy Code to enable emergency services to more quickly locate people at risk of harm who have not made a call to 111.
Privacy Commissioner briefed on Police contact and trace system for returning travellers
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has been briefed by Police after concerns were raised about the software and website Police are using to contact, register and trace people returning from overseas during their self-isolation.
GPEN Sweep finds significant awareness of managing data breaches
An international privacy sweep has found that 84 percent of respondent organisations say they have systems in place for reporting data breaches, including an appointed team or group responsible for handling breaches.
Privacy Commissioner seeks public input on allowing emergency services to access location information
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards is proposing to extend the Emergency Caller Location Information service, implemented in 2017, to enable emergency services to more quickly locate people at risk of harm but who have not made a call to 111.
Privacy Commissioner monitoring Yahoo hack
The Privacy Commissioner is monitoring the Yahoo hack that compromised up to 500 million users’ accounts.
International study finds privacy shortfalls in Internet of Things devices
More than half of Internet of Things devices don’t properly tell customers how their personal information is being used, an international study has found.
Privacy Commissioner launches review of credit reporting law (2016)
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards today released a discussion paper inviting submissions on whether ‘positive credit reporting’ was operating successfully.
Privacy Commissioner welcomes NetSafe as new HDCA agency
Privacy Commissioner has welcomed the Government’s announcement today of NetSafe as the Approved Agency appointed under the Harmful Digital Communications Act.
Privacy Commissioner finds flaws in credit reporting practice
Privacy Commissioner finds inadequacies in the way the 3 major credit reporting agencies – Veda, Centrix and Dun and Bradstreet – respond to requests for PI.
Commissioner finds Immigration NZ in breach
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has referred a case to the Director of Human Rights Proceedings after finding Immigration New Zealand breached a migrant’s privacy by failing to correct his date of birth.