Wake-up call for government sector on privacy and security - GCIO report release
The newly released GCIO report is “a wake-up call to the government sector”, said Privacy Commissioner.
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The newly released GCIO report is “a wake-up call to the government sector”, said Privacy Commissioner.
A scan of school websites and popular children’s game sites showed there is often no information given to users about how their personal information collected.
The Credit Reporting Privacy Code rules about the use and disclosure of credit information about serious threats are being changed.
View the submission by the Privacy Commissioner to the Social Services Committee on 5 November 2012.
Annual Report of the Privacy Commissioner for the year ended June 2012.
View the submission by the Privacy Commissioner to the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee.
The Independent Review of ACC's Privacy and Security of Information report was commissioned jointly by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the ACC Board following the unauthorised disclosure of client details.
The poll was a telephone survey by UMR of 750 New Zealanders 18 years of age and older, conducted from 22 to 27 March 2012.
The margin of error for sample size of 750 for a 50% figure at the '95% confidence level' is +/-3.6%.
Media coverage of the ACC privacy incident (first published on 15 March 2012) may have affected poll results for some questions. Field work dates for the poll were fixed before the ACC story broke.
View the Privacy Commission UMR Omni Results (in pdf) and the UMR Omni Tables (as a Word doc).
Media release: Businesses must be held accountable for privacy breaches says UMR survey
Media release: Digital revolution drives concerns for New Zealanders: UMR survey results.
View the submission by the Privacy Commissioner to the Social Services Committee on the Social Security (Youth Support and Work Focus) Amendment Bill.
19 April 2012
View the submission by the Privacy Commissioner on the Privacy (Information Sharing) Amendment Bill to the Justice and Electoral Committee.
5 April 2012