Privacy Act 2020

About the code

The Telecommunications Information Privacy Code (TIPC) 2020 applies specific rules to telecommunications agencies to better ensure the protection of individual privacy. It addresses the telecommunications information collected, held, used, and disclosed by telecommunications agencies.

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Telecommunications Information Privacy Code 2020

Supporting information

Previous versions (now revoked)

2003

Telecommunications Information Privacy Code (PDF)
Information paper on changes to notified Code.
TIPC Amendment No. 1 (Temporary) (Issued 25 September 2003; came into force on 1 November 2003 and expired on 31 October 2004).
TIPC Amendment No. 2 (Temporary) (Issued 8 October 2003; came into force on 1 November 2003 and expired on 24 September 2004).

2004

TIPC Amendment No. 3 (Issued 3 June 2004; came into force on 1 August 2004).
- Information paper

2015

TIPC Amendment No. 4 (Issued 9 September 2015; came into force on 15 October 2015).
- Information paper

2017

TIPC Amendment No. 5 (Issued 26 January 2017; came into force on 2 March 2017).
- Information paper on the effect of the amendment
- Background paper on changes to the notified amendment
- Privacy Commissioner’s proposed code amendment will speed emergency responses (media release 25 November 2016)
- Privacy Commissioner updates code of practice to allow faster emergency response (media release 31 January 2017)
- Information paper on submission process (including Q&A)
  Submissions.

TIPC Amendment No. 6 (Issued 25 August 2017; came into force on 28 September 2017).
- Information paper on the effect of the amendment

2020

TIPC Amendment No. 7 (Issued 8 April 2020; came into force on 7 May 2020).
- Information paper on the effect of the amendment
- Background paper on changes to the notified amendment
- Code update to allow emergency services better access to location information (media release 9 April 2020)
- Information paper on proposed TIPC Amendment No. 7 – Emergency location information service
- Privacy Commissioner seeks public input on allowing emergency services to access location information (media release 29 January 2020).
- Submissions - On 29 July 2020 the Privacy Commissioner publicly notified his intention to repeal and replace the Telecommunications Information Privacy Code 2003 and invited public submissions.
  - Spark
  - Police
  - TCF
  - NZSIS

Consolidated version of the TIPC 2003 incorporating amendments 3-7 (as at 7 May 2020).