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New Zealand Archives Breach – Months To Notify Individuals
Monday, 19 December 2022, 2:52 pm | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Urgency and care are always needed when a data breach occurs. There are lessons to be learned from the Archives New Zealand data breach that resulted in records containing sensitive health information being made publicly accessible, says Privacy ... More >>
Privacy Commissioner To Explore Biometrics Code
Thursday, 15 December 2022, 11:16 am | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
A code to regulate biometrics is being explored by the Privacy Commissioner. The use of biometric technologies, such as facial recognition or fingerprint recognition, is a matter of interest to privacy regulators around the world, says Privacy Commissioner ... More >>
Privacy Commissioner Considers Action On Ransomware Attack
Tuesday, 6 December 2022, 6:45 pm | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
There has been a cyber security incident involving a ransomware attack on Mercury IT. Mercury IT provides a wide range of IT services to customers across New Zealand. This is an evolving situation. We were notified of the cyber security attack on 30 ... More >>
Right To Know Day Highlights New Zealanders’ Right To Access Information About Themselves
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 9:58 am | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Organisations are obligated to give people access to personal information held about them, says Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster. Today, September 28, is international Right to Know Day. It is dedicated to raising awareness of the legal right New Zealanders ... More >>
Public Input Sought To Inform Privacy Rules For Biometrics
Monday, 15 August 2022, 10:38 am | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster is encouraging New Zealanders to have their say on the use of biometric information in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner today launched its consultation paper, Privacy Regulation of ... More >>
New Zealanders’ Attitudes Toward Privacy Shifting But Key Concerns Remain – New Privacy Report
Monday, 9 May 2022, 9:49 am | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
New Zealanders’ attitudes toward privacy are changing as developing technologies and the global pandemic require us to share more personal information. But three-out-of-five New Zealanders still report concern about businesses sharing their personal information ... More >>
Personal Information Protection At Forefront Of Privacy Week 2022
Thursday, 5 May 2022, 5:27 am | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
New Zealanders care what happens to their personal information, and organisations can do better at preventing privacy breaches. Those are the twin findings of the Privacy Commissioner’s upcoming insights report, and the driver of next week’s ... More >>
Human Error Leading Cause Of Privacy Breaches
Wednesday, 1 December 2021, 9:13 am | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Human error is the leading cause of serious privacy breaches, according to a new report released today by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC). “We are seeing clear patterns emerging since mandatory reporting of serious privacy breaches ... More >>
Liz MacPherson Appointed As Deputy Privacy Commissioner To Manage Transition
Tuesday, 30 November 2021, 10:16 am | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards is pleased to announce the appointment of Liz MacPherson as Deputy Privacy Commissioner, while the recruitment for his replacement takes place. This is the first time that a Deputy Privacy Commissioner has been appointed. ... More >>
Privacy Commissioner Cracks Down On Compliance In Rental accommodation Sector
Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 9:04 am | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) has today launched a new compliance monitoring programme to ensure that property managers and agencies are acting in accordance with the Privacy Act. Through the compliance monitoring programme, OPC ... More >>
Commissioner warns against paper-based contact tracing
Friday, 17 September 2021, 9:39 am | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards is concerned that people are gaining access to personal information from paper-based contact tracing registers and using it in ways that breach peoples’ privacy. The Government’s introduction of mandatory record ... More >>
Privacy Commissioner issues first compliance notice
Wednesday, 15 September 2021, 9:54 am | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
The Privacy Commissioner has today issued a compliance notice to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, triggered by a cyber-attack in December 2020. More >>
Mystery shoppers spot check credit reporters
Thursday, 16 May 2019, 3:57 pm | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
The Privacy Commissioner today [ 14 May ] released a new report outlining shortcomings of New Zealand’s three national consumer credit reporting companies. More >>
Commissioner welcomes Select Committee’s Privacy Bill report
Thursday, 16 May 2019, 3:55 pm | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards today [ 13 May ] welcomed the Justice Select Committee’s report on the Privacy Bill. More >>
MSD systematically misused its investigatory powers
Thursday, 16 May 2019, 10:22 am | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
An Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) inquiry has found the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) systematically misused its investigatory powers while pursuing benefit fraud, unjustifiably intruding on the privacy of many beneficiaries. More >>
Commissioners pleased to collaborate over Privacy Week
Thursday, 10 May 2018, 3:10 pm | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
The Privacy Commissioner and the Domain Name Commissioner have developed guidance on privacy and domains, which will foster greater awareness of good privacy practices in the .nz domain name space. More >>
Facebook on NZers impacted by Cambridge Analytics breach
Monday, 9 April 2018, 4:16 pm | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
We have been notified by Facebook that a total of 63,724 people in New Zealand may have been impacted by the Cambridge Analytica data breach. More >>
PrivacyLive Speaker Series: Working Towards Trusted Data Use
Friday, 6 April 2018, 4:22 pm | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
PrivacyLive Speaker Series: Working Towards Trusted Data Use Join us for this PrivacyLive Forum and learn about the Data Futures Partnership’s Guidelines for Trusted Data Use from one of its authors, Professor Rhema Vaithianathan, at our free public PrivacyLive ... More >>
Operation Painter: Findings in privacy investigation
Thursday, 15 March 2018, 12:29 pm | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards says a Police checkpoint in 2016 unlawfully and unfairly collected personal information, harming some of the people affected. More >>
Discussing George Orwell’s 1984 in 2018
Wednesday, 7 March 2018, 2:23 pm | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Join the discussion. Orwell’s 1984 was a book, a film, a play… and, 34 years after it was set, is it our reality? Is there more to say about this dystopian touchstone of privacy, surveillance and identity, 70 years since the book hit the shelves? More >>
