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New Zealand Privacy Act and Digital Trust in the 21st Century

Karen Ngan May 2, 2017 0

This article is based on a presentation made during the Data Privacy Asia 2016 conference held on 9-11 November 2016. Author Karen Ngan is a commercial law partner at Simpson Grierson (New Zealand) . She co–heads the firm's information and communications technology group and its data protection and privacy group. In…

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New Zealand: Building Digital Trust in the 21st Century Under 20th Century Law

Karen Ngan Nov 10, 2016 0

New Zealand's Privacy Act is over 23 years old. While we wait for a new Privacy Act, there are interim amendments, other legislation and initiatives, and a Privacy Commissioner who is taking a stronger line with enforcement and proactively addressing privacy issues through education and encouraging compliance.