News from Members

As part of Privacy Week 2022, staff members from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner joined Charities Services Ngā Ratonga Kaupapa Atawhai on a webinar called ‘Privacy 101 for Charities’. People in the charity sector already have enough on their plate so we focused our presentation on the foundations of privacy. [...]

Privacy Commissioner John Edwards welcomed Parliament passing the Privacy Act 2020 with unanimous support. The new Act replaces the 27-year-old Privacy Act 1993. Many of the changes are based on recommendations from the Law Commissions comprehensive 2011 review of New Zealands privacy laws. The new Privacy Act provides a modernised [...]

Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has awarded a Privacy Trust Mark to the contact tracing app Rippl. Mr Edwards says Rippl, a free contact tracing app created by the Wellington company Paperkite, has been assessed as meeting his offices Privacy Trust Mark criteria. The Privacy Trust Mark is intended to give [...]

Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has awarded a Privacy Trust Mark to TICCs Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Customer Due Diligence Online Forms and AML Online Portal. Mr Edwards says the Trust, Integrity and Compliance Company (TICC) has created a privacy and user-friendly way for its clients to comply with their anti-money laundering [...]

As part of Privacy Awareness Week 2011, the Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff today released a privacy toolkit aimed at both health consumers and health providers. Consumers will be interested in the brochures and fact sheets. For health providers there are also case notes (summaries of actual health-related privacy complaints), an [...]

We'velaunched a new way to answer your privacy questions -AskUscanhelp you find out what you want to know about your privacy rights and obligations. AskUs, which can be found on the Office of the Privacy Commissioner website, allows people to access reliable privacy guidance at any time. Its similar to [...]