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View ArticleInformation sheet for taxi organisations
View new guidance notes for taxi organisations about audio recording.
View ArticleComprehensive Credit Reporting Fact Sheet
This fact sheet outlines, and provides links to, resources from overseas on the case for comprehensive credit reporting and associated issues arising in the transition from a negative to a positive...
View ArticleSeasonal privacy tips
Some seasonal privacy tips on how to keep your personal details safe over the holiday period from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner:
View ArticleHealth Information Privacy Fact Sheet 5 : Storage, security, retention and...
Health Information Privacy Code 1994
View ArticleHealth Information Privacy Fact Sheet 4 : Dealing with requests for health...
Health Information Privacy Code 1994
View ArticleHealth Information Privacy Fact Sheet 3 : Disclosure of health information -...
Health Information Privacy Code 1994
View ArticleHealth Information Privacy Fact Sheet 2 : Collection of health information
Health Information Privacy Code 1994
View ArticleHealth Information Privacy Fact Sheet 1 : Overview
Health Information Privacy Code 1994
View ArticlePADLOCK: an easy checklist to help get privacy right
Operating in a privacy-protective way is not hard. It just means that privacy should be your first thought, not an afterthought. By building it in at the beginning, privacy becomes a part of how you...
View ArticleFact Sheet on Part 11A of the Privacy Act 1993: Transfer of Personal...
The Privacy (Cross-border Information) Amendment Act 2010, which commenced on 8 September 2010, inserted a new Part 11A (Transfer of Personal Information outside New Zealand) into the Privacy Act...
View ArticleGuidance material for Health Practitioners on Mental Health information
Providing mental health services to consumers while recognising their rights to privacy under the law can present unique challenges. Attached are some guidelines, prepared by the Office of the Privacy...
View ArticlePrivacy and CCTV: A guide to the Privacy Act for businesses, agencies and...
These guidelines cover:1. Deciding whether CCTV is right for you 2. Have a clear plan3. Selecting and positioning cameras4. Make people aware of the CCTV5. Collecting only necessary images6. Using the...
View ArticleChecklist for Ministers and departmental officials
This may depend on whether it is comment or information already in existence that is requested. A request for information such as a report, memorandum or policy is an official information request and...
View ArticleGuidance Note on the Use of Portable Storage Devices
This guidance note is directed towards raising an awareness of the privacy risks associated with the use of PSDs in business and government.View a copy of the Portable Storage Device Survey Report...
View ArticleA Guide to the Privacy Act 1993
Personal information held by agenciesThe Privacy Act controls how 'agencies' collect, use, disclose, store and give access to 'personal information'. The privacy Codes of Practice do the same, but they...
View ArticleInformation Notice Credit Reporting Privacy Code Amendment No 3
The Privacy Commissioner has recently issued the Credit Reporting Privacy Code Amendment No 3, as notified in the Gazette. The amendment was publicly consulted on in 2009 and will come into force on 22...
View ArticlePrivacy Breach Guidelines
The voluntary privacy breach guidelines follow several months of consultation with New Zealand organisations to ensure appropriateness for local circumstances. Download the key steps for agencies to...
View ArticleDrafting suggestions for departments preparing public register provisions
When legislation creating a public register of information about identifiable individuals is contemplated or being reviewed the information privacy implications need to be considered. This note...
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