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Media statement on Dick Smith Electronics' customer data
Due to a stream of enquiries from the public to our office about customer data, we have been in touch with the legal advisers of the receivers of Dick Smith Electronics.
We have received assurances that the receivers are aware of and will comply with their obligations under the New Zealand and Aust… -
Pokémon a gogo
Why was the SIS agent playing Pokémon Go? Because he wanted to Pikachu. Joking aside, the Pokémon Go app is proving to be an incredible phenomenon driven by children and adults alike. But it hasn’t taken long for claims the app was also dangerous because of the amount of personal information it soug…
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Blind transparency
If you have other people’s personal information, it is your responsibility to keep it safe. There are many reasons why you need to keep that information secure. Here’s one recent example of how careless disclosure can put people at risk.
In July, WikiLeaks dumped a lot of files of personal informat… -
Case note 94692 [2008] NZPrivCmr 9: Man's colleague receives information about application
A man applied for registration with his professional body (the Board). As he would be unable to be contacted for a short time, the man authorised a colleague to pay the necessary fees so that his registration was not delayed.
A few months later, without the man's knowledge, the colleague emailed th… -
Case note 279069 [2016] NZ PrivCmr 12: Debt collector Law Debt* fails to check accuracy of information before use
A father of two young children complained to the Privacy Commissioner after a disputed debt with a childcare centre was referred to a debt collection agency that in turn referred it to a credit reporting agency. The man had withdrawn his children from the centre because he had concerns over his chil…
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Are you ready for breach notifications?
As you may already know, both winter and privacy breach notifications are coming. And while you may have already prepared for winter and its influx of colds and flu, it’s also important to prepare for mandatory breach notifications, so that your agency is ready when the requirements kick in.
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Resources
Here you can find our resources on the new Privacy Act 2020.
We are providing regular email updates to highlight our latest Privacy Act 2020 materials as they become available. See the latest editions below or sign up here to receive our regular email updates.
Privacy Act 2020: Update 1
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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 chang…
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Case note 309048 [2021] NZPrivCmr 9: Dispute with utility company over information requests
A woman alleged to have made a threat against a utility company’s workers says she made repeated requests for her personal information to the company.
The utility company says it responded to her requests the best it could, and it regarded the subsequent repeated requests as frivolous and vexatiou… -
Don’t fall for the ‘track and trace parcel delivery’ scam
I didn’t click on the link straight away. It smelled a bit fishy. It had come in a text message which said a delivery agent tried to deliver a parcel – specifically parcel NZ2446612-19.
Could it be one of my recent online shopping purchases? I clicked the link. It took me to a ‘track and trace’ web…