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New Zealand Adds New Information Privacy Principle

On September 23, 2025, New Zealand passed a targeted update to the Privacy Act 2020 that strengthens transparency around third‑party data collection and fine‑tunes several privacy processes.

New Zealand Privacy

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Baker Botts LLP

New Biometric Processing Privacy Code has implications for NZ businesses

Code is designed to balance the benefits of biometric technologies with strong protections for individual privacy

New Zealand Privacy

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Data protection: legal requirements for businesses

Explores the key legal requirements for data protection that businesses need to be aware of & comply with.

New Zealand Privacy

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LegalVision

Data Protection and Cybersecurity in New Zealand: Why The Time is (Always) Now

Ensuring compliance the Privacy Act 2020 (Privacy Act), while mitigating cybersecurity risks is a fundamental aspect.

New Zealand Privacy

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

What are My Privacy Obligations Regarding CCTV in New Zealand?

New Zealand Privacy

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LegalVision

Customer and Product Data Bill: What Does This Mean for Your Business?

New Zealand Privacy

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LegalVision

Customer and Product Data Bill: What Does This Mean for Your Business?

New Zealand Privacy

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LegalVision

Generative AI: proceed with care and counsel

New Zealand Privacy

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

The Employers Guide to the Privacy Act 2020 in New Zealand

New Zealand Employment

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LegalVision

COVID-19: When matters of privacy and public health clash - which prevails?

New Zealand Coronavirus

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Mandatory contact tracing and privacy - Is my personal information protected?

New Zealand Privacy

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

New Privacy Act – Do you know your obligations?

New Zealand Privacy

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Gibson Sheat Lawyers

TikTok on the clock - Harmless fun or serious misconduct?

New Zealand Employment

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Cavell Leitch

New Privacy Act for New Zealand in force from 1 December 2020 extends to offshore entities doing business in NZ

New Zealand Privacy

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Logie Smith Lanyon

Do I need a Will?

New Zealand Family

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Can Employees Discuss Their Pay in New Zealand?

New Zealand Employment

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LegalVision

Submissions open for innovative proposed adjudication framework

New Zealand Litigation

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

When is it appropriate to suspend an employee from work?

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Addressing Employee Claims of Workplace Anxiety

New Zealand Employment

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LegalVision

The new Privacy Act and the $10,000 fine employers could face

Employers will soon have an obligation to report serious privacy breaches, likely to cause serious harm to employees.

New Zealand Privacy

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Cavell Leitch

Contracting in the health sector – key things to consider

Health service contracts are similar to other service contracts, but several clauses should be carefully considered.

New Zealand Commercial

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Harkness Henry

Privacy Of Personal Information In New Zealand: A Recent Case And New Legislation

A recent security breach has highlighted the issue of data privacy in New Zealand in advance of the entry into force of the Privacy Act 2020 in December this year.

New Zealand Privacy

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Ius Laboris

Privacy Act 2020 – Are you ready?

This Act aims to modernise NZ's privacy law framework, in accordance with international laws such as the European GDPR.

New Zealand Privacy

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

COVID-19: Working remotely and maintaining privacy obligations

New Zealand Privacy

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

The Privacy Commissioner recently released guidance on right to workplace bullying information by a complainant

New Zealand Employment

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Duncan Cotterill

3 things you need to know about the Privacy Bill before it becomes law

New Zealand Privacy

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Duncan Cotterill

Playing a short game on the Privacy Bill

New Zealand Privacy

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Chapman Tripp

Privacy Bill progresses through NZ Parliament

New Zealand Privacy

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Duncan Cotterill

Privacy law update: International GDPR enforcement and facial recognition software

New Zealand Privacy

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Duncan Cotterill

Introduction to the Privacy Bill 2018 – mandatory reporting of privacy breaches

New Zealand Privacy

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Risks arising from the use of electronic mail (email)

New Zealand Media & IT

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Recorded conversation may not be personal information in NZ

New Zealand Privacy

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Chapman Tripp

Recent data breaches highlight importance of new privacy legislation

New Zealand Privacy

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Duncan Cotterill

Introduction to the Privacy Bill 2018 – mandatory reporting of privacy breaches

Privacy breaches must now be reported as soon as possible to the NZ Privacy Commissioner and to any affected individuals.

New Zealand Privacy

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Risks arising from the use of electronic mail (email)

Employers and employees need to be vigilant in a number of areas, to manage the risks arising from email communication.

New Zealand Media & IT

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Recorded conversation may not be personal information in NZ

In NSW, whether a recorded conversation is personal information depends on what is said about the relevant individual.

New Zealand Privacy

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Chapman Tripp

Recent data breaches highlight importance of new privacy legislation

The Government has introduced a new Privacy Bill to replace the existing act with one more suited to our digital world.

New Zealand Privacy

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Duncan Cotterill

Privacy law shake-up! What does the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) mean for your company?

New Zealand Privacy

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Can you sell your customer database?

If a receiver wants to include customer databases in any sale, he must first get permission from the affected customers.

New Zealand Insolvency

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Chapman Tripp

Supreme Court allows limited protection of digital data

The judgment does not enhance property interests, but it increases the risks if improperly dealing with electronic data.

New Zealand Media & IT

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Chapman Tripp

Your private data is in the public domain – Now what do you do?

As more information is kept, used and shared electronically, the risk of it ending up in the wrong hands is increased.

New Zealand Privacy

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Duncan Cotterill

Expert perspectives on digital identity and privacy

Privacy, digital identity and digital innovation were key themes at the recent Identity Conference hosted in Wellington.

New Zealand Privacy

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Chapman Tripp

Privacy - use of smart meters by utility companies

New Zealand Privacy

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Chapman Tripp

Drones vs regulators - privacy issue du jour?

New Zealand Privacy

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Chapman Tripp

At what point is data breach reporting overkill?

New Zealand Privacy

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Spruson & Ferguson

Google decision of privacy and personal information - good for gangstas, but not in New Zealand

New Zealand Privacy

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Chapman Tripp

Discrimination, privacy and the disclosure of job candidate information

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

New Zealand Data Protection Authority's Powers Held Back By Government Veto

New Zealand Privacy

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Reed Smith (Worldwide)

Data Protection Laws of the World Handbook: Second Edition - New Zealand

New Zealand Privacy

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DLA Piper Australia

Spam Spiraling Skyward - laws to limit the spammers

New Zealand Media & IT

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Norris Ward McKinnon

Privacy – what personal data protection really requires

New Zealand Privacy

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Chapman Tripp

Privacy Act strengthened: Dentures for a toothless tiger?

New Zealand Privacy

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Chapman Tripp

Can The NZCC Provide Your Confidential Information To The ACCC?

New Zealand Anti-trust

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Russell McVeagh

Closing The Lid On Spam

New Zealand Insurance

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

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HHG Legal Group

Emerging Issues: Australian technology, media and telecommunications sector insights: April 2020

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McCullough Robertson

Talking payroll with Tal Williams

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Holman Webb Lawyers

Cyber-Attacks – Managing Brand Loyalty And Reputation (Video)

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Dentons

CU LAB: What is personal information and why does it matter?

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Clayton Utz

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