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Doctorow on machine learning, big data and privacy
Tuesday, 6 March 2018, 4:55 pm | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner is delighted to welcome Cory Doctorow, a pioneering international commentator on internet and digital technology, for a lunchtime PrivacyLive forum. More >>
Orwell’s 1984: A book, a film, a play… and now a reality?
Tuesday, 6 March 2018, 2:54 pm | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner and Auckland Arts Festival present: Privacy perspectives from the arts, media and a State Watchdog More >>
Collection of client data "excessive and disproportionate"
Thursday, 6 April 2017, 9:58 am | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
A Ministry of Social Development (MSD) policy requiring social service providers to disclose information about all their clients is excessive and inconsistent with the privacy principles, says Privacy Commissioner John Edwards. More >>
Privacy Commissioner releases 2016 credit assurance reports
Thursday, 23 March 2017, 10:56 am | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has released the annual compliance assurance reports submitted by the three national credit reporting companies. More >>
Privacy Commissioner recommends Privacy Act reform
Friday, 3 February 2017, 1:21 pm | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has recommended to Government, as part of its plans to reform the Privacy Act, that the penalty for a serious breach of personal information could be a fine of up to $1 million. More >>
Privacy Commissioner launches review of credit reporting law
Friday, 30 September 2016, 2:20 pm | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards today released a discussion paper inviting submissions on whether ‘positive credit reporting’, introduced to New Zealand following a law change five years ago, has been a success and whether the law was operating satisfactorily. More >>
Privacy Commissioner monitoring Yahoo hack
Monday, 26 September 2016, 3:14 pm | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
The Privacy Commissioner is monitoring the Yahoo hack that compromised up to 500 million users’ accounts. More >>
Law allows information sharing about vulnerable children now
Thursday, 18 August 2016, 3:03 pm | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards says he supports the Government’s message that any information about a current or future danger to a child needs to be shared between the appropriate agencies. More >>
Ask us about privacy
Wednesday, 3 August 2016, 11:41 am | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
There’s now a new way to answer your privacy questions. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner today launched Ask Us, its new online knowledge base, to help you find out what you want to know about your privacy rights and obligations. More >>
Trade Me leads NZ transparency reporting
Monday, 25 July 2016, 2:54 pm | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Trade Me today revealed it received 1508 requests for customer information from Police and 15 requests from the Security Intelligence Service (SIS) in the 2016 financial year. More >>
Privacy Commissioner welcomes NetSafe as new HDCA agency
Tuesday, 31 May 2016, 4:48 pm | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has welcomed the Government’s announcement today of NetSafe as the Approved Agency appointed under the Harmful Digital Communications Act. More >>
Privacy Commissioner finds inadequacies in credit reporting
Thursday, 12 May 2016, 11:57 am | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
The Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has found inadequacies in the way the three major credit reporting agencies – Veda, Centrix and Dun and Bradstreet – respond to requests for personal information from individuals. More >>
Privacy Commissioner announces Right to Know Day
Thursday, 12 May 2016, 11:10 am | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
New Zealand’s first ‘Right to Know Day’ will take place on Thursday 12 May 2016. More >>
Nearly two-thirds of NZ concerned about privacy
Tuesday, 10 May 2016, 11:38 am | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Approximately two-thirds (65%) of New Zealanders continue to be concerned about privacy. This result is statistically unchanged from previous surveys in 2014 and 2012. The public opinion survey, commissioned by the Privacy Commissioner, was released to ... More >>
Is there a security problem with our website? Tell us
Monday, 7 December 2015, 11:58 am | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
If you find a security problem in the Officer of the Privacy Commissioner’s website, Privacy Commissioner John Edwards wants you to tell him about it. More >>
Successful privacy research applicants announced
Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 10:57 am | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards today announced grants for four independent privacy research projects in the inaugural funding round for the Privacy Good Research Fund. More >>
Report on Phillip John Smith highlights information sharing
Friday, 2 October 2015, 3:26 pm | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has welcomed the findings of the report looking at the criminal justice system failings which enabled Phillip John Smith to escape overseas. More >>
Sweep finds children’s websites could do more
Thursday, 3 September 2015, 10:32 am | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
An international project looking at websites and apps used by children has raised concerns over the personal information they collect. More >>
Privacy Commissioner welcomes Data Futures Partnership
Friday, 7 August 2015, 10:03 am | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
The Privacy Commissioner, John Edwards, says the NZ Data Futures Partnership is an important step towards a data-driven environment that respects and protects personal information while delivering better value to individuals and organisations. More >>
Act closes ‘revenge porn’ loophole
Monday, 6 July 2015, 3:48 pm | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
The Harmful Digital Communications Act (HDCA) that is now in force makes some changes to the scope of the Privacy Act. One change is to close the ‘revenge porn’ loophole, where complainants’ ex-partners could distribute intimate photographs or videos ... More >>
