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Privacy Commissioner John Edwards is very concerned about RNZ’s reporting of personal information which was taken from documents leaked online following the Wai
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards is advising people to do the right thing if they are sent or find personal information which might have come from the Waikato
Under section 30 of the Privacy Act 2020, an agency may apply to the Privacy Commissioner to authorise a one-off collection, use, retention, or disclosure
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards is warning DHBs to address any security failings identified in a Ministry of Health stocktake of health IT systems in 2020.
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.
A man complained to our office in 2017 because Oranga Tamariki requested information about his criminal history from Police and discussed it with his partner.