Office of the Privacy Commissioner | 2017 Privacy Week
Privacy Week 8-12 May 2017
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner marks Privacy Week each year to promote privacy awareness and to inform people of their rights under the Privacy Act. It is also to help educate businesses, organisations and agencies of their responsibilities and obligations with personal information.
Privacy Week is done in conjunction with Privacy Awareness Week which is held by the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) network. Here's where you can find out more about APPA and Privacy Awareness Week.
This year, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner marked Privacy Week from 8 – 12 May. The theme this year was "Trust and Transparency".
Our Privacy Week programme is now available on this page. Our Privacy Week events included:
- iappANZ business breakfasts in Auckland and Wellington
- PrivacyLive lunchtime forums in Auckland and Wellington
And our Privacy Week resources included:
- A new e-learning module on employment and privacy
- Privacy Week posters
- Health Privacy on the Road guidance
- General privacy brochure
- Privacy week videos
- New case notes
- Privacy Week Quiz
- APPA privacy resources
(Update: Our Privacy Week posters are now available here!)
Trust and transparency
Why is 'Trust and Transparency' this year's Privacy Week theme?
Trust is an important expectation when you deal with an agency whether it is a business or a government organisation. Trust goes together with transparency. For this reason, transparency is vital to building and maintaining trust.
For example, your bank has to be able to reassure you that your information is accurate, up-to-date and securely stored. If your bank cannot give you this peace of mind, you won’t be able to trust it. To help you trust it, your bank has to be transparent about what information it has about you and allow you to access that information while protecting it from being disclosed to others.
By letting people know what personal information is collected, how it is used and stored, an organisation has to provide a level of transparency to build trust between it and you, whether you are a client, customer or a member of the public. And there are other aspects of transparency. These include giving you access information that is about you and a way of correcting that information, if you think it is not accurate or simply wrong.
All of these are important rights when it comes to your personal information and they are set out as information privacy principles in the New Zealand Privacy Act. Find out more about the Privacy Act and its information privacy principles here.
Privacy Week in your organisation
A privacy-savvy workplace can help prevent data breaches and build trust and confidence with your public.
Tell us what you're doing for Privacy Week. Make up a privacy quiz in your workplace or get everyone to do our online privacy training modules.
For more information about Privacy Week, stay in touch with us through Twitter, Facebook, and our blog and Privacy News issues for regular updates on what we have planned.