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What Is The Difference Between Terms Of Use And A Privacy Policy?

Terms of use set the rules for how visitors may interact with your website; a privacy policy explains how your business collects, stores, and shares user data.

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LegalVision

New Zealand Privacy Law Amendment Act Passes

Not to be outdone by its regional peers, New Zealand updated its privacy laws with the passing of the Privacy Amendment Act 2025 (the Act) last month: see the NZ Privacy Commissioner's media release here.

New Zealand Privacy

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K&L Gates LLP

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

Legal implications of spam text messages

New Zealand Privacy

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LegalVision

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

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

New Zealand's Privacy Commissioner Releases Draft Biometrics Privacy Code

New Zealand Privacy

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

COVID-19: Privacy in employment

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

What is a Notifiable Privacy Breach in New Zealand?

New Zealand Privacy

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LegalVision

TikTok on the clock - Harmless fun or serious misconduct?

New Zealand Employment

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Cavell Leitch

What To Do When An Employee Claims Unjustified Dismissal

New Zealand Employment

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LegalVision

Contract Disputes: Recovering Costs For Scope Changes

New Zealand Commercial

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LegalVision

Cross-Border Business Structures: Doing Business in New Zealand and Australia

New Zealand Commercial

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LegalVision

What Legal Options Do New Zealand Service Providers Have For Recovering Unpaid Invoices?

New Zealand Finance

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LegalVision

Modern Slavery law looks likely by end of 2026

New Zealand Government

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

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

This new act offers stronger privacy protections with new technology for online collection and sharing of information.

New Zealand Privacy

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Logie Smith Lanyon

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

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

New Zealand Reforms Local Privacy Law

New Zealand has passed a bill reforming the nation's privacy law.

New Zealand Privacy

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Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz

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

Privacy Bill 2018 – new privacy requirements – is your company compliant?

New Zealand Privacy

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Privacy Bill progresses through NZ Parliament

New Zealand Privacy

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Duncan Cotterill

Proposed NZ legislation changes in privacy and employment law

New Zealand Government

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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

Would you rather give up your password or pay $5000? A review of the Customs and Excise Act 2018

New Zealand Privacy

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Five Eyes announce intentions for back door live access to secure communications

New Zealand Privacy

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Duncan Cotterill

Protecting the right to a private home address for directors

New Zealand Privacy

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Chapman Tripp

Recorded conversation may not be personal information in NZ

New Zealand Privacy

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Chapman Tripp

Would you rather give up your password or pay $5000? A review of the Customs and Excise Act 2018

The Customs and Excise Act 2018 permits a customs officer to require you to provide access to your electronic device.

New Zealand Privacy

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Five Eyes announce intentions for back door live access to secure communications

Article discusses the rights of governments to access securely held personal information of your customers.

New Zealand Privacy

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Duncan Cotterill

Protecting the right to a private home address for directors

Directors have the right to privacy over their home address within the proposed Director Identification Number regime.

New Zealand Privacy

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Chapman Tripp

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

The power of big data and privacy reforms

New Zealand Privacy

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Is it OK to collect biometric data from workers?

Employers need to consult with employees and obtain their consent before introducing the collection of biometric data.

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Directors private information safe from liquidators

Liquidators cannot examine directors to obtain private financial information to judge their worth as prospective defendants.

New Zealand Litigation

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Chapman Tripp

The Arbitration Amendment Bill 2017

This 2017 amendment bill provided an important opportunity to affirm Government support for arbitration in New Zealand.

New Zealand Litigation

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

What is all the buzz about the recent drone regulations in NZ?

Concerns have been raised regarding violations of privacy and dangers that flying objects pose to people and property.

New Zealand Transport

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Privately speaking - Issue 3, September 2015

New Zealand Privacy

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Chapman Tripp

Expert perspectives on digital identity and privacy

New Zealand Privacy

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Chapman Tripp

UK Government call for information on the commercial use of consumer data

New Zealand Privacy

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Chapman Tripp

US Senator's report reveals automobile privacy vulnerabilities

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

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

New Zealand Privacy

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Reed Smith (Worldwide)

Protecting confidential information

New Zealand Commercial

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Norris Ward McKinnon

Big Brother on Facebook: employers and social media

New Zealand Employment

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Duncan Cotterill

Workplace surveillance a legitimate tool

New Zealand Employment

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Duncan Cotterill

Privacy Act strengthened: Dentures for a toothless tiger?

New Zealand Privacy

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Chapman Tripp

Cloud computing and privacy

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Chapman Tripp

Delivering the message

New Zealand Privacy

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James & Wells Intellectual Property

Did the Privacy Commissioner get it right with Google?

New Zealand Privacy

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Chapman Tripp

Software Patent Strategy in New Zealand After Exclusion from Patentability in New Patents Act

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James & Wells Intellectual Property

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Quick learners - bitesize legal insights for the education sector

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Colin Biggers & Paisley

Privacy Considerations Surrounding The Introduction Of The COVIDSafe Contact Tracing App In Australia (Video)

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Davies Collison Cave

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