What is the purpose of the Privacy Act NZ?

What is the purpose of the Privacy Act NZ?

The Privacy Act 2020 provides the rules in New Zealand for protecting personal information and puts responsibilities on agencies and organizations about how they must do that.

What is the New Zealand Privacy Act?

The Privacy Act applies to any person, organisation, or business (referred to in the legislation as an ‘agency’), whether it’s in the public sector or private sector, that collects and holds personal information about other people. An individual acting in their personal or domestic capacity is not an agency.

What are the principles of the Privacy Act?

the collection, use and disclosure of personal information. an organisation or agency’s governance and accountability. integrity and correction of personal information.

Has the Privacy Act 1993 been repealed?

The Privacy Act 1993 has been repealed and replaced by the Privacy Act 2020.

What is the main purpose of the Privacy Act 1993?

8.66 The purpose of the Privacy Act 1993 is to promote and protect individual privacy, and in particular to establish principles on: collection, use, and disclosure of information relating to individuals; and. access by individuals to information held about them.

What is the primary objective of the Privacy Act?

Recommendation 1 – Amend the first object in s 2A of the Privacy Act to state that the predominant object of the legislation is to recognise that individuals have a right to privacy and to protect individuals having regard to the collection, use or disclosure of their personal information.

What is the purpose of the Privacy Act 1993?

What is covered under the Privacy Act?

The Privacy Act allows you to: know why your personal information is being collected, how it will be used and who it will be disclosed to. have the option of not identifying yourself, or of using a pseudonym in certain circumstances. ask for access to your personal information (including your health information)

What are the four objectives of the Privacy Act?

What are the Four objectives of the Privacy Act? A. Restrict first party access, right of disclosure, right of amendment, establish of fair information practices.

What are the main changes to the Privacy Act 2020?

The Privacy Act 2020 introduces new criminal offences. It will now be an offence to mislead an agency to access someone else’s personal information – for example, impersonating someone in order to access information that you are not entitled to see.

What was the purpose of the Privacy Act 1993?

8.66 The purpose of the Privacy Act 1993 is to promote and protect individual privacy, and in particular to establish principles on: collection, use, and disclosure of information relating to individuals; and access by individuals to information held about them. The Act covers both the public and private sectors.

What does Section 2 of the Privacy Act cover?

8.67 The Privacy Act covers “personal information”, which is defined in section 2 of the Act as information about an identifiable individual.

What is Principle 6 of the Privacy Act?

If the person to whom the information relates requests the information, the request must be considered in accordance with the Privacy Act. Principle 6, in section 6 of the Act, gives individuals a legal right to access such personal information. Part 4 of the Act sets out reasons why such individual access request may be refused.

Is the Official Information Act governed by the Privacy Act?

8.74 The disclosure of information about an individual by Ministers or departments is governed by both the Official Information Act and the Privacy Act. If the person to whom the information relates requests the information, the request must be considered in accordance with the Privacy Act.