Privacy Commissioner stories

Barely four months since the Privacy Act 2020 came into force, early indications appear to suggest that mandatory breach reporting regulations are working.>>

“First AML conducts regular, detailed staff privacy and security training sessions and employs regular third-party audits that go above and beyond what is required by law.">>

New Zealand’s new Privacy Act is now in effect, and there are significant changes that affect every organisation that operates in New Zealand.>>

Privacy Commissioner John Edwards officially opened the centre this week, recognising SecOps’ efforts to provide managed security services to New Zealand businesses.>>

Of 1398 polled New Zealanders, 65% are in favour of strong privacy regulation, 29% are happy with the same level of regulation, and 6% prefer less legislation.>>

“Privacy is about being transparent and clear with customers and protecting their personal information. It’s about telling people what you’re collecting and what you’re going to do with it.">>

Edwards has a clear message: If New Zealand businesses undermine the issue of privacy, they will ruin their business.>>

The service has been put through a robust Privacy Impact Assessment and it was developed in accordance with New Zealand’s current privacy legislation.>>

“We see privacy as key to building and maintaining customer trust,” says Air New Zealand chief.>>

The Privacy Commissioner was seeking maximum breach fines of up to $1 million against body corporates.>>

"Privacy is an essential human right and the online world has brought many changes and challenges to how privacy works in the Internet age.">>

"Clearly, privacy matters to a number of individuals in the .nz domain name space," comments Domain Name Commissioner Brent Carey.>>

RealMe and Trade Me’s Transparency Reporting websites are the first two recipients of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner’s new Privacy Trust Mark.>>

Those on a lower income of $55,000 or less were more likely to be concerned about privacy (77%) than those with higher incomes (63%).>>

New Zealand’s updated Privacy Bill is about to begin its first reading in Parliament with Andrew Little as the MP in charge.>>

The fact that Yahoo may have known about the breach for a number of months before alerting the public shows why we need mandatory breach notification.>>

The Police are now looking into the matter, via the National Cyber Crime Centre.>>

Just how much privacy do you have these days? The internet poses the biggest single threat to privacy.>>