Office of the Privacy Commissioner | New Zealand-EU data protection adequacy reporting
The European Commission formally ruled in December 2012 that New Zealand’s privacy law provided an ‘adequate level’ of privacy protection to meet European standards. That means that personal data information can legally be sent here from Europe for processing without special additional measures being taken by the European companies.
The Privacy Commissioner and European Commission officials informally agreed a process for facilitating the ongoing monitoring of the functioning of the 2012 decision through update reports.
| Report number | Date (report opens to PDF) |
| 18 | December 2023 |
| 17 | July 2023 |
| 16 | January 2023 |
| 15 | July 2022 |
| 14 | January 2022 |
| 13 | July 2021 |
| 12 | January 2021 |
| 11 | July 2020 |
| 10 | December 2019 |
| Nine | July 2019 |
| Eight | December 2018 |
| Seven | July 2018 |
| Six | December 2017 |
| Five | 26 June 2017 |
| Four | December 2016 |
| Three | June 2016 |
| Two | March 2016 |
| One | The first report was submitted in December 2015 |