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May 2022 Insights Report - Privacy Awareness and Engagement in Aotearoa New Zealand
What New Zealanders think about in relation to privacy in New Zealand, and how they utilise their privacy rights.
Personal information protection at forefront of Privacy Week 2022
New Zealanders care what happens to their personal information, and organisations can do better at preventing privacy breaches. Those are the twin findings...
Privacy Commissioner's Submission to the Governance and Administration Committee on the Data and Statistics Bill (81-1)
Submission to the Governance and Administration Committee on the Data and Statistics Bill (81-1).
Submissions invited on proposal to amend the Health Information Privacy Code 2020 to align it to the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill
The Privacy Commissioner proposes amending the Health Information Privacy Code to bring the Code into alignment with the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill.
Case note 309048 [2021] NZPrivCmr 9: Dispute with utility company over information requests
Dispute with utility company led to repeated requests for personal information being treated as frivolous and vexatious.
Working with Sensitive Information
This paper provides guidance on how the Privacy Act applies to sensitive personal information.
Human error leading cause of privacy breaches
Human error is the leading cause of serious privacy breaches, according to a new report released today by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC).
December 2021 Insights Report - Privacy Breach Reporting
One year after the Privacy Act 2020 took effect, this report investigates the impact of mandatory privacy breach reporting.
Privacy Commissioner cracks down on compliance in rental accommodation sector
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) has today launched a new compliance monitoring programme.
Privacy Commissioner warns against paper-based contact tracing registers
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards is concerned that people are gaining access to personal information from paper-based contact tracing registers.