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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is calling on social media and video-sharing platforms to improve their data protection practices so children are safer when using their services. This comes as the regulator sets out its 2024-2025 priorities for protecting children's personal information online. [...]

New research shows that New Zealanders have privacy concerns about the use of AI, especially because its seen as unregulated and can be used for malicious purposes. In the research, almost half of respondents were more concerned than excited about AI. Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster says while AI may be [...]

BIMs are produced following a general election or change in minister. They provide an introduction to OPCs portfolio and summarise key areas of policy and policy issues. Read the 2023 BIMPDF file version BIM word file (accessibility device friendly) [...]

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) is imposing a fine of €10 million on Uber Technologies, Inc. and Uber B.V. (‘Uber’). The fine is in response to the company's failure to disclose the full details of its retention periods for data concerning European drivers, or to name the non-European countries [...]

Aylin Alexa Zainea (Leiden University) has won the first-ever AP Thesis Award with her master's thesis 'Automated Decision-Making in Online Platforms: Protection Against Discrimination and Manipulation of Behavior'. This was announced during the awards ceremony in The Hague on Monday, January 29. [...]

The risks of artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithms are growing, especially with the emergence of generative AI. Issues like disinformation, privacy violations and discrimination are becoming more common. Technological innovations and the rapid adoption of AI and algorithms is currently outpacing our society’s ability to identify and manage these risks [...]

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has issued a fine of €30,000 to the municipality of Voorschoten because the municipality retained information on the waste generated by individual households for much longer than was necessary, and did not properly inform residents that it was doing so. [...]

Innovations such as intelligent chatbots and the inadequate understanding by organisations of existing algorithms currently represent the most significant algorithmic risks in The Netherlands. This is highlighted in the inaugural Algorithm Risk Report Netherlands, published by the new Directorate of Algorithm Coordination at the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP). [...]

As part of the Tupu Tai Pasifika Public Sector Summer Internship Programme, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) worked with an awesome intern, Sinola Falefo’ou, in our Policy team. As part of her time here, we have asked her to put some of her thoughts into words and share [...]

This article was first published in 'New Zealand Doctor' 12/10/2022 When parents split up, this can sometimes create a fraught situation for agencies involved in providing care and services to their children, and GPs are no exception. Which parent has the right to see their child’s medical records? Only the custodial [...]