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Statement clarifying Martyn Bradbury's privacy complaint
Earlier this year, blogger Martyn Bradbury made a complaint to our office about a request from Police for bank information. We investigated the complaint, and recently sent him our final view on the matter.
Consent key to Trade Me firearm licence checks
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has received a number of enquiries expressing concern about the process for trading firearms on Trade Me.
Case note 282974 [2017] NZ PrivCmr 7: Woman wants Police to correct record of wilful damage incident
A woman complained to our office that Police failed to adequately respond to her request for information about a wilful damage incident at her home in 2015. The woman said Police made a significant mistake in noting her account of the incident and she had tried without success to get Police to change it.
Three privacy codes to be amended - Intelligence and Security Act 2017
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards is proposing to amend three privacy codes - telecommunications, credit and health - to align them with changes set out in the Intelligence and Security Act 2017.
Consumers need reassurance over smart meter data collection – Privacy Commissioner
Electricity retailers and distributors can do more to reassure consumers that the information being collected by smart meters is being handled safely with a minimal risk of infringing individual privacy, says Privacy Commissioner John Edwards.
Privacy Commissioner welcomes Government rethink of social service data collection
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has welcomed the Government’s plans to rethink the practice of collecting individual client level data from social service providers.
Case Note 279251 [2017] NZ PrivCmr 4 - Police were right to disclose mental health information
Read our latest case note in which Police used the Privacy Act's 'serious threat' exemption to disclose health information about a woman who told a police officer she was feeling suicidal.
Privacy Week packed with resources, publications and events
During Privacy Week, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner will be hosting lunchtime forums, as well as releasing new tools and resources to help make privacy easy.
Privacy Commissioner recommends data portability, brakes on data re-identification and fines up to $1 million
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has recommended to Government, as part of its plans to reform the Privacy Act, that the penalty for a serious breach of personal information could be a fine of up to $1 million.
Collection of NGO client data is excessive and disproportionate - Privacy Commissioner
A Ministry of Social Development (MSD) policy requiring social service providers to disclose information about all their clients is excessive and inconsistent with the privacy principles, says Privacy Commissioner John Edwards.