Privacy Act 2020

The Privacy Act 2020 gives the Privacy Commissioner the power to issue codes of practice that become part of the law. These codes modify the operation of the Privacy Act and set rules for specific industries, organisations, or types of personal information.

Please note: we're updating our codes of practice file names, so links you have to the codes may change. They will still be available on their correct page below.

A woman stands and puts her finger into a fingerprint scanner to gain access to another space. She has a brown bobbed hairstyle with a fringe and wears a blue business shirt and blue jeans. She is carrying a notepad.

Biometric Processing Privacy Code 2025

Dirty white shoes with unlaced shoelaces in a flooded, woody landscape

Civil Defence National Emergencies (Information Sharing) Code 2020

A group of people sit around a table covered in finance papers and devices like laptops and phones. The image is cropped to only show the arms of three people.

Credit Reporting Privacy Code 2020

A blonde doctor wearing a white shirt and stethoscope sits at a desk looking at a clipboard. She has disposable gloves on and wears glasses. A patient sits with her back to the camera. She has red hair and a white shirt.

Health Information Privacy Code 2020

The scales of justice and a gavel.

Justice Sector Unique Identifier Code 2020

Three older women sit on a couch. They're all wearing white pants. The woman on the left has short white hair in a bob and a beige top. She is showing a phone to the other two. The middle woman has long red hair and a beige top. The woman on the right has glasses, grey shoulder-length hair with a fringe, a dusky pink top over a white top.

Superannuation Schemes Unique Identifier Code 2020

A woman with a top-knot looking at a phone in her hand. She wears beige pants, white top, and striped shirt which is open.

Telecommunications Information Privacy Code 2020

We've updated our codes of practice to reflect IPP3A

Early in 2026 we consulted on code amendments to incorporate IPP3A into our codes of practice, focusing on the codes which replace all of the information privacy principles. We also proposed minor changes to our Civil Defence Code. The changes we made to codes reflect feedback from submitters. Read papers with information on the consultation process, submissions, and changes to codes below.