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Privacy Trust Mark Design Competition
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner is creating a Privacy Trust Mark to highlight excellent privacy practice in a product or service – and we need your help!
Our office works to develop and promote a culture in which personal information is protected and respected. The Privacy Trust Mark will he… -
Working outside the office
We see it everywhere – people on buses working on their laptops, people sitting poolside reading personnel files – and we wonder if these conscientious people are aware that the information can be seen easily by those around them.
Two recently observed cases highlight how we all need to be careful … -
RIP the postal acceptance rule
For those of you who, like me, fondly remember their contract law lectures on the postal acceptance rule, it’s time to update our notes. The law has caught up with the digital age.
The Electronic Transactions Act has recently been amended. Unless the parties agree otherwise (or there’s an overridin… -
ANZ’s practical guide to protecting privacy
ANZ’s privacy and data protection manager Hannah Johnston was a recent guest speaker at our last Technology and Privacy Forum for 2014 and she gave a comprehensive overview about what the bank – New Zealand’s third largest employer after its merger with the National Bank – was doing to protect custo…
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HIPC Factsheet 5 - Storage, Security, Retention and Disposal of Health Information
Download a PDF of this factsheet here.
The code regulates how health agencies (such as doctors, nurses, pharmacists, health insurers, hospitals, Primary Health Organisations, ACC and the Ministry of Health) collect, hold, use and disclose health information about identifiable individuals.
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Harmful digital privacy breaches
When the Harmful Digital Communications Act (HDCA) passed in June of this year, it brought some changes to the Privacy Act. One of these changes was to section 56, which previously excluded personal, family and household affairs from coverage by the Privacy Act. The effect is that we can now investi…
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Whois
In 2012, Wired writer Mat Honan had his entire online life hacked. His Apple ID password was reset. His Gmail password was reset. His Twitter password was reset. His iPhone, iPad and MacBook were all remotely wiped using Apple’s “Find My” tool – the tool that locates and gives remote access to your …
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Open sourcing our complaints code
It might sound strange but complaints are the lifeblood of our office. We receive them, vet them and investigate them. And because we are the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, people need to have absolute confidence in the security of our complaints process.
The Privacy Act gives you the right to… -
Tribunal finds confusion over request led to delay
Mr Brooks was an active Taekwondo competitor and a long-time member of the Taekwondo Union of New Zealand (TUNZ). He represented New Zealand in the 2005 World Championships and the 2006 Commonwealth Championships.
In September 2008, Mr Brooks was suspended by TUNZ. The grounds for his suspension we… -
Media release: Meetings may be part of privacy process
30 April 2010
Recent media reports about a complaint against Hon Paula Bennett have speculated that meetings may be unusual during a privacy complaint investigation. Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff says that in fact it is not unusual for parties to a complaint to meet face-to-face as part of an i…