Five Eyes governments, India, and Japan make new call for encryption backdoors
Members of the intelligence-sharing alliance Five Eyes, along with government representatives for Japan and India, have published a statement over […]
New Zealand
New Zealand Will Consider Schrems II Decision in Implementing Own Privacy Act
New Zealand’s Data Protection Authority has offered its take on the Schrems II ruling that invalidated EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. The […]
NZ police used unapproved facial recognition software to search for suspects
An unapproved police trial of controversial facial recognition software conducted dozens of searches for suspects in NZ. Police did not […]
Tech industry told ‘privacy is not absolute’ and end-to-end encryption ‘should be rare’
An international network of intelligence agencies, so-called Five Eyes nations – the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, in […]
New Zealand police eyeing up newer, smarter CCTV facial recognition technology
Cops look to upgrade their CCTV surveillance technology, sparking calls for a privacy debate. With a network of CCTV cameras […]
Privacy Commissioner: Facebook must comply with NZ Privacy Act
The Privacy Commissioner says Facebook has breached the Privacy Act 1993. The Commissioner’s finding comes after Facebook refused a complainant access […]
New Zealand’s DPA releases Data Subject Access Tool
Under the Privacy Act, you have the right to ask for personal information about you. Here’s an easy way to ask […]
Importance of terms and conditions in information sharing
A man complained that his new Automobile Association (AA) card was configured so that it would share his personal information […]
Ex-employee denied access to his 12,000 work emails
New Zealand Privacy Commissioner decided that work emails belong to employer, though at the same time acknowledging that emails generated in […]
2018 global legislative predictions in privacy
Taking a look at the activities of 2017, it’s clear that the coming year will see lots of movement on […]
Blockchain and privacy
Blockchain is the new buzz: it can solve all our problems, fix climate change, break currency monopolies and so much […]
Impact of GDPR on New Zealand business
GDPR could affect New Zealand companies doing business with EU countries. New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) has created a […]
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