Privacy Commissioner warns against over-collection of customer information
Privacy Commissioner warns the hospitality and retail against using contact tracing apps or web-based solutions that ask for too much personal information.
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Privacy Commissioner warns the hospitality and retail against using contact tracing apps or web-based solutions that ask for too much personal information.
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards says he welcomes the new Ministry of Health NZ COVID Tracer app.
The Privacy Commissioner has amended the TIPC to enable emergency services to more quickly locate people at risk of harm who have not made a call to 111.
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has been briefed by Police about the software and website Police are using to contact, register and trace overseas returnees.
An international privacy sweep has found that 84 percent of respondent organisations say they have systems in place for reporting data breaches.
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards is proposing to extend the Emergency Caller Location Information service.
The Privacy Commissioner is conducting an inquiry into Trade Me's recent update to its privacy policy.
Four privacy research projects will receive grants from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner’s (OPC) second round of the Privacy Good Research Fund.
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards says his office is continuing to monitor developments in the Police firearms buyback privacy breach.
We are currently working with NZ Police to ensure they are taking steps to protect the personal information they hold.
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) has won an international award for its inquiry and report into MSD's misuse of its fraud investigation powers.
Each year, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) partners with the Office of the Ombudsman to mark Right to Know Day.
The Privacy Commissioner has awarded a Privacy Trust Mark to Air New Zealand for its Privacy Centre service.
The Privacy Good Research Fund is now open for applications for privacy-related research. The deadline for applications is 9 September 2019.
An Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) inquiry has found the MSD systematically misused its investigatory powers while pursuing benefit fraud.
The Privacy Commissioner today released a new report outlining shortcomings of New Zealand’s three national consumer credit reporting companies.
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards today welcomed the Justice Select Committee’s report on the Privacy Bill.
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has welcomed the settlement reached between Nicky Hager and Westpac.
John Edwards has been reappointed by the Government to serve another term as Privacy Commissioner.
Nearly 75 percent of organisations in the annual GPEN data protection sweep have people and processes in place to respond appropriately to a data breach.