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Criminal use of social networking information on the rise: Media release
1 March 2010
Recent reports show that there has been a huge increase in social networking sites being used for identity theft, says Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff at the beginning of Fraud Awareness Week 2010.
'With the wealth of personal information on sites such as Facebook and Twitter, crimi… -
That was close! How to respond when you narrowly avoid a serious privacy breach
Our personal information is precious. It is unique to each of us and tells a story about who we are.
Under the Privacy Act, organisations that collect and hold personal information have a duty to protect it and respect it.
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Reported privacy breaches double after new Privacy Act takes effect
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) received a 97 percent increase in privacy breach notifications in the first four months of the new Privacy Act, compared to the previous six months.
OPC is marking Privacy Week (10-14 May 2021), an annual event for promoting privacy awareness, by publish… -
Reporting and avoiding privacy breaches in the health sector
The health sector reports more serious privacy breaches than any other area even though under-reporting continues to occur. Frustratingly, many of those breaches occurred when the underlying issue had been, or should have been, identified and acted on earlier. We explain why more internal privacy br…
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Preventing privacy breaches
Privacy breaches are a reality for organisations that hold people's personal information. Businesses and organisations can lose personal information through complacency, inadequate security, poor procedures, or by accident. Privacy breaches can range from the low end when a single person’s informati…
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Submit a complaint
Who should use this formUse this form if you are an individual making a complaint to us about a privacy breach of your own information, or you have been authorised by an individual to act on their behalf about a breach of their personal information.
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Case Note 91538 [2007] NZ PrivCmr 1 - Bank refuses access to commercially sensitive information
A man asked for access to his full records in the course of a dispute with his bank.
The bank was incorporated in Australia, as well as in New Zealand. The man's access request went to the Australian section of the bank, and was not quickly redirected to New Zealand for action. As a result, there w… -
Blog
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner uses this blog to discuss topical aspects of its work.
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Media Release: PlayStation data breach
Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff commented on the intrusion.
'The intrusion into Sony's PlayStation database of personal information about its customers is a major incident affecting many people world wide, including New Zealanders. We are very concerned and are watching the issue and Sony's re… -
Name your documents clearly
It is so easy to send the wrong attachment with an email, especially if the documents you are selecting to attach are not clearly and distinctly named. We see this type of breach fairly regularly so we thought we’d highlight it in this post.
Of the 33 data breach notifications we received in 2015-1…