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Privacy Week 2021 took place from 10-14 May. The theme was Make privacy a priority.

Events

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Privacy Forum 2021

This half-day event was held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Wellington on Friday 14 May 2021.

The final programme for the Privacy Forum is now available here. The programme includes:

  • A keynote presentation by the Privacy Commissioner on the first six months of the Privacy Act 2020.
  • Discussion about the key changes in the Act and the new enforcement and compliance directions for our office.
  • Panel discussions on privacy practices in the rental sector and privacy issues associated with the Covid-19 pandemic.
     

PrivacyLive forum - Auckland

A PrivacyLive forum in Auckland on Monday 10 May 2021 was moderated by the Privacy Commissioner. The topic of the PrivacyLive forum was The Privacy Act 2020: Six months on, with guest panellists Rick Shera of Lowndes Jordan, Sarah Auvaa of Spark and Sarah Thompson of Air New Zealand.

Privacy Week Resources

Privacy Week quiz

Fancy yourself a privacy expert? Test your knowledge with our 15-question Privacy Week quiz. 

It is a criminal offence for an organisation to fail to report a notifiable privacy breach to the Privacy Commissioner - true or false? Try our Privacy Week quiz.

Privacy breach infographic

To mark Privacy Week, we have published our first stocktake of privacy breach reporting since it became mandatory to report serious privacy breaches on 1 December 2020. 

Download our infographic for a snapshot of what we've seen in the first four months of notifiable privacy breaches: Privacy breach reporting infographic.

Privacy Week posters

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Download our Privacy Week posters to display in your workplace: Privacy Week 2021 posters. The posters can be printed in A3 or A4 size.

The posters are also available in te reo Māori: Wiki Tūmataiti 2021 posters.

A limited number of physical copies will be available to order. Please email comms@privacy.org.nz to request physical copies. 

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Use our tiles to promote Privacy Week on your organisation's website, intranet and social media. If you have specific image size requirements, please get in touch with comms@privacy.org.nz.

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Privacy is precious resources 

We also have the resources from our Privacy is precious campaign to inform New Zealanders about the new Privacy Act 2020. You can find our Privacy is precious resources here and information about the Privacy Act 2020 here.

We will continue to make announcements regarding Privacy Week in Privacy News and on this page.

Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities mark Privacy Awareness Week

Privacy Awareness Week (PAW) is an initiative by the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) network. Each year, APPA produces posters in the languages of the APPA network. You can find out more about APPA here and download the full range of APPA's PAW posters here