Commentary
Is the current definition of personal information enough to protect individuals from privacy harms?
Contributed by the Privacy in Internet Economy working group Is the current definition of personal information enough to protect?
Why police surveillance can’t be carte blanche
Gehan Gunasekara Newsroom, 12 March 2021 www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/why-police-surveillance-cant-be-carte-blanche
Data Use Protections for NZ COVID Tracer
News articles on January 4/5 2021 reported that the Singaporean government had done a U-turn on the data use protections around their TraceTogether system for digital contact tracing. The government had previously stated that the data would “never be accessed unless the user tests positive” and that it would only be used for contact tracing purposes. However, they confirmed in
Privacy Act 2020: A welcome step in a digital world
Gehan Gunasekara Newsroom, 1 December 2020 www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/auckland-oped-on-privacy
Foundation’s Commentary Paper on Government Statement on Encryption
Encryption Commentary
Foundation’s Position Paper on Privacy Act 2020
PFNZ Paper on Privacy Act 2020
The Ignorance of Anonymisation to Protect Privacy
Contributed by the Privacy in Internet Economy working group The Ignorance of Anonymisation to Protect Privacy
TikTok, echo chambers and data control
Gehan Gunasekara Newsroom, 5 August 2020 www.newsroom.co.nz/tiktok-echo-chambers-and-data-control
Canadian commentary on latest European Court Ruling with implications for New Zealand
By Colin Bennett www.colinbennett.ca/canadian-privacy/the-schrems-ii-decision-implications-and-challenges-for-canada
Privacy Impact Assessment in a Pandemic: Don’t skip consultation
Contributed by Blair Stewart Privacy Impact Assessment in a Pandemic – Don’t skip consultation
Credit: Chris Slane www.slane.co.nz