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Make requested information understandable, says Tribunal
Under the Privacy Act, individuals have a right to get access to their personal information. When an agency receives such a request, a recent decision by the Human Rights Review Tribunal shows the agency, where possible, must provide the information in a way that is meaningful and understandable to …
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Information for Latitude Financial customers
We will update this information when we have more to say about the Latitude Financial data breach. This page was last updated on 17 May 2023.
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Affected customers should contact Latitude Financial first using this link
On 10 May 2023 we announced: New Zealand-Australia investigation… -
Digital revolution drives concerns for New Zealanders: UMR survey results - Media release (2012)
'The digital revolution is driving concerns amongst New Zealanders,' said Marie Shroff, the Privacy Commissioner, responding to results of the latest UMR survey about privacy. 'New Zealanders are increasingly online but also worried about their ability to control their digital presence.'
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Breach Case 11: Open Sesame! Securing customer information against easy access
If organisations rely on secret passwords to secure customer’s information, they need to ensure they are near-on impossible to guess. In the story Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Ali overhears the secret password “open sesame!” outside a cave of wonders and after repeating it, gains access to a trea…
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Your privacy responsibilities
Personal information is any information that tells us something about a specific individual. The information does not need to name the individual, as long as they are identifiable in other ways, like through their home address. This means that all sorts of things can contain personal information, in…
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Privacy, online shopping and rugby
Cast your mind back to the mid 1990s. Assume you wanted to go to the rugby. To get your tickets, you would have physically gone to a ticket office, or phoned the office and given them your credit card number.
The slow-moving, manual nature of these transactions meant that there wasn’t a lot of oppo… -
Ask us about privacy
We've launched a new way to answer your privacy questions - AskUs can help you find out what you want to know about your privacy rights and obligations.
AskUs, which can be found on the Office of the Privacy Commissioner website, allows people to access reliable privacy guidance at any time. It’s s… -
Taking the measure of biometrics
If you’re reading this on your phone, you may have unlocked your device using your face or fingerprint. If so, you’re one of a growing number of people who regularly interact with biometric technologies.
What are biometrics?
Biometrics (or biometric recognition) is the automated recognition of ind… -
Code change to help emergency services locate mobile callers
Pieter, a visitor from Belgium, witnessed a car accident in a remote area. The accident left a young woman unconscious and seriously injured. Pieter acted quickly and phoned the emergency line from his mobile phone to get help to the woman as soon as possible.
However, Pieter was in shock and was u… -
Privacy Good Research Fund
The Privacy Good Research Fund is for privacy-related research.
The Privacy Good Research Fund offers funding support to researchers worth in total up to $75,000. Successful applicants receive funding of up to $25,000 for individual projects. The PGRF has been run twice, 2015 and 2019, with fundin…