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1. 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...

2. Cook v Department of Corrections [2023] NZHRRT 21 [pdf, 218 KB]

   Reference No. HRRT 10/2020 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 2020 BETWEEN ALISHA MARIE COOK PLAINTIFF AND DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Ms K Anderson, Deputy Chairperson Ms BL Klippel, Member Ms L Ashworth, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr CJ Tennet for plaintiff Ms VM Rea for defendant DATE OF HEARING: 18 and 19 July 2023 DATE OF DECISION: 16 August 2023 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL1 [1] This case concerns Ms Cook’s 16 J...

3. Holmes v Housing New Zealand Corporation [2014] NZHRRT 54 [pdf, 214 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2014] NZHRRT 54 Reference No. HRRT 012/2012 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN GORDON HENRY HOLMES PLAINTIFF AND HOUSING NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION DEFENDANT AT DUNEDIN BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson Ms WV Gilchrist, Member Ms ST Scott, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr GH Holmes in person Ms CP Paterson for Defendant DATE OF HEARING: 17, 18, 19 and 20 March 2014 DATE OF LAST SUBMI...

4. Brooks v Taekwondo Union of New Zealand Inc [2017] NZHRRT 20 [pdf, 333 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2017] NZHRRT 20 Reference No. HRRT 078/2015 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN ANDREW BROOKS PLAINTIFF AND TAEKWONDO UNION OF NEW ZEALAND INC DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson Ms ST Scott, Member Mr RK Musuku, Member REPRESENTATION: Ms T Coleman, agent for plaintiff Mr R Gordon for defendant DATE OF HEARING: 6 and 7 March 2017 DATE...

5. OIA 98726 [pdf, 1.9 MB]

   ...overseas disclosures Thank you for your email of 26 August 2022 requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982, information regarding copies of all submissions on the consultation of regulations for overseas disclosures under section 214 of the Privacy Act 2020. Specifically, you requested: I am wn'ting to ask you for a copy of all submissions on the consultation on regulations to be made specifying countries for overseas disclosures under section 214 of the Privacy Act 2020 (...

6. BMN v Stonewood Group Ltd [2024] NZHRRT 64 [pdf, 324 KB]

   ...PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF NAME, ADDRESS, OCCUPATION AND OTHER IDENTIFYING DETAILS OF THE PLAINTIFF (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE TRIBUNAL OR OF THE CHAIRPERSON Reference No. HRRT 056/2020 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 2020 BETWEEN BMN PLAINTIFF AND STONEWOOD GROUP LIMITED DEFENDANT AT AUCKLAND BEFORE: Ms SJ Eyre, Chairperson Mr MJM Keefe QSM JP, Member Mr IR Nemani, Member REPRESENTATION Ms K Wilson and Ms A Cohen for...

7. Holmes v Housing New Zealand Corporation [2015] NZHRRT 36 [pdf, 185 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2015] NZHRRT 36 Reference No. HRRT 012/2013 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN GORDON HENRY HOLMES PLAINTIFF AND HOUSING NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION DEFENDANT AT DUNEDIN BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson Ms WV Gilchrist, Member Ms ST Scott, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr GH Holmes in person Ms CP Paterson for defendant DATE OF HEARING: 12 and 13 November 2014 DATE OF D...

8. Regulatory Impact Statement: Using personal information for identity verification purposes in law enforcement [pdf, 644 KB]

   ...– We have not had sufficient time to collect definitive information from agencies regarding their information needs, but we have worked closely enough with key agencies to gain clarity for the purposes of designing a legislative mechanism.  Privacy aspects: We have also been unable to consult the Privacy Commissioner, and we will look for opportunities to involve them as we proceed to the detailed design.  Scope of change – The scope of change for the purposes of this analysi...

9. 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...

10. RIS Privacy Bill further Cabinet decisions [pdf, 390 KB]

    1 Regulatory Impact Statement Additional decisions for the Privacy Bill Agency Disclosure Statement 1. This Regulatory Impact Statement has been prepared by the Ministry of Justice. 2. The options presented in this paper relate to previous decisions by Cabinet to reform the Privacy Act (the Act) to send strong signals about the importance of privacy of personal information. • The first part of the paper responds to the recommendations of the Data Futures Forum (DFF...