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1. Privacy Bill - Regulatory Impact Statement - additional policy decisions [pdf, 502 KB]

   Impact Statement Template | 1 Coversheet: Additional policy approvals for the Privacy Bill Advising agencies The Ministry of Justice Decision sought Agreement to progress changes to the Privacy Bill to: 1. amend the threshold for mandatory notification of a privacy breach, so that agencies must notify breaches where the breach is likely to cause serious harm 2. clarify the Bill’s application to agencies based overseas and information held overseas 3. expand the def...

2. Appendix One to Cabinet Paper Reforming the Privacy Act 1993 [pdf, 378 KB]

   Appendix One: Less substantive recommendations Part A: Recommendations to be implemented Law Commission recommendations # Recommendation Discussion and impacts 3 The Privacy Act should have a purpose section, with specific clauses as drafted by the Law Commission Agree the new Act should have a new purpose section. Final wording (agreed during drafting) will build upon the Law Commission’s suggestions and focus on balancing privacy interests with important social and busi...

3. EMPC speech GUEST LECTURE Privacy Employment Interface delivered in June 2016 [pdf, 311 KB]

   Privacy and Employment Don’t diss the boss on Facebook 1 (and other useful homilies) Paper prepared for guest lecture Auckland University, June 2016 by Judge Christina Inglis2 The increasing use of social networking sites to vent strongly held views about the workplace, or to divulge otherwise incriminating information, continues to provide fertile ground for employment disputes. This is hardly surprising. Facebook posts have a permanence and a potentially wider (someti...

4. Marshall v IDEA Services Ltd (Privacy Act) [2020] NZHRRT 13 [pdf, 353 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2020] NZHRRT 13 Reference No. HRRT 015/2017 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN EAMON HENNING MARSHALL PLAINTIFF AND IDEA SERVICES LIMITED DEFENDANT AT NAPIER BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines ONZM QC, Chairperson Ms GJ Goodwin, Deputy Chairperson Ms LJ Alaeinia JP, Member Mr MJM Keefe QSM JP, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr GW Marshall as agent for his son Ms I Reuvecamp for defe...

5. Greenslade v Commissioner of Police (Privacy Act) [2021] NZHRRT 54 [pdf, 184 KB]

   Reference No. HRRT 003/2018 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 2020 BETWEEN GUY GREENSLADE PLAINTIFF AND COMMISSIONER OF POLICE DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Ms GJ Goodwin, Deputy Chairperson Ms WV Gilchrist, Member Ms ST Scott QSM, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr G Greenslade in person Ms D Harris and Ms A Lawson for defendant DATE OF HEARING: 10-14 August 2020 and 17 August 2020 DATE OF DECISION: 10 December 2021 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL1

6. Government-Reponse-to-the-Report-by-the-Privacy-Commissioner-on-the-Identity-Verification-Service.pdf [pdf, 307 KB]

   Hon Ginny Andersen Minister of Justice Proactive release: Government Response to the Report by the Privacy Commissioner on the Identity Verification Service information matching enabling provision Date of issue: 25 July 2023 The following documents have been proactively released in accordance with Cabinet Office Circular CO (18) 4. Some information has been withheld on the basis that it would not, if requested under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), be released. Where tha...

7. Government-Response-to-Privacy-Commissioners-Report-Review-of-statutory-authorities-for-information-matching.pdf [pdf, 444 KB]

   © Crown Copyright, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Hon Kiri Allan Minister of Justice Proactive release – Government Response to Privacy Commissioner’s Report, Review of statutory authorities for information matching Date of issue: 4 May 2023 The following documents have been proactively released in accordance with Cabinet Office Circular CO (18) 4. No. Document Comments 1 Government Response to Privacy Commissioner’s Rep...

8. Proactive release - Privacy Bill: Approval for Supplementary Order Paper and draw down of Budget 2014 tagged contingency [pdf, 925 KB]

   © Crown Copyright, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Hon Andrew Little Minister of Justice Proactive release – Privacy Bill: Approval for Supplementary Order Paper and draw down of Budget 2014 tagged contingency Date of issue: 28 May 2020 The following documents have been proactively released in accordance with Cabinet Office Circular CO (18) 4. Some information has been withheld on the basis that it would not, if requested under the Official Information Act 1...

9. Privacy-Amendment-Bill-2023-Approval-for-introduction_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 606 KB]

   Hon Ginny Andersen Minister of Justice Proactive release: Privacy Amendment Bill 2023: Approval for introduction Date of issue: 6 October 2023 The following documents have been proactively released in accordance w ith Cabinet Office Circular CO (23) 4. Some information has been withheld on the basis that it would not, if requested under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), be released. Where that is the case, the relevant section of the O IA has been noted and no public interest...

10. Privacy-Act-2020-Indirect-notification-obligation-April-2023-Cabinet-paper_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 2.7 MB]

    Hon Kiri Allan Minister of Justice Proactive release: Privacy Act 2020: Introducing a notification obligation for indirect Collection of Personal Information Date of issue: 1 June 2023 The following documents have been proactively released in accordance with Cabinet Office Circular CO (18) 4. Some information has been withheld on the basis that it would not, if requested under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), be released. Where that is the case, the relevant section of the...