Data protection in New Zealand and beyond

Data protection laws in New Zealand

This online handbook offers a high level snapshot of selected features of New Zealand laws as they currently stand. Read more....

Released by DLA Piper December 2013

Privacy and data protection: the view from Europe

In the European Union in the past year, a whole range of corporate risk and regulatory issues have been at the top of the agenda, including data protection and information security.  Read more....

Released by Corporate Compliance Insights August 2014

Australia's data privacy laws come into force as providers struggle with data management

An amendment to Australia's Privacy Act, thebiggest overhaul to the country's data privacy policies in 25 years came into effect this year and is expected to have a big impact on cloud and communications service providers, and indeed any firm collecting, processing or storing personal information. Read more...

Released by Business Cloud News March 2014

New Zealand Data Safety Toolkit

The Privacy Commissioner has published an online Data Safety Toolkit to help organisations prevent and deal with data breaches. This guidance provides tips to help organisations prevent common mistakes that lead to data breaches and advice on what to do when they happen.  Read more....

Released by the Privacy Commissioner May 2014