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Government appoints new Minister for Space
New Zealand has a new Ministerial position, the Minister for Space.  The Hon Judith Collins will hold this position, together with her other portfolios, including being the Minister of...
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Privacy Commissioner to issue a Privacy Code of Practice on Biometrics
Last week the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) announced that it will issue...
DIA Guidance on using Generative AI in the Public Sector
On 26 July 2023 the Department of Internal Affairs (in conjunction with Statistics NZ...
Therapeutic Products Bill enacted
Following the Health Select Committee’s majority report on 13 June, the Therapeutic Products Bill...
FMA proposes standard condition to enhance operational and cyber resilience
On 12 July 2023 the Financial Markets Conduct Authority released a consultation paper on...
Privacy Commissioner consultation on biometrics
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner has been looking at the regulation of biometrics...
Government launches public consultation on Customer and Product Data Bill
Towards the end of June 2023, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)...
Time to Have Your Say On Digital Content
Public input is being sought on addressing digital content regulation following the release of...
Plan To Enhance $7 Billion Tech Sector
The Government has released the final version of its plan to support and grow...
AI is here: what do NZ businesses need to be thinking about?
On 30 November 2022 ChatGPT was released by artificial intelligence (AI) research laboratory, OpenAI,...
Privacy Commissioner exploring a Biometrics Code of Practice
Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster is currently exploring whether a privacy Code of Practice is...
New laws tackle objectionable online content
Two Bills dealing with objectionable online content, which we have discussed previously, have now...
MBIE report reviews Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act
The scheduled three-year review of the Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017 (OSHAA)...
New Retail Payment System Act will benefit merchants and consumers
On 13 May 2022 the Retail Payment System Act 2022 (which was introduced towards...
Bill would establish trust framework for digital identity services
UPDATE: On 5 April 2023 the Digital Identity Services Trust Framework Act received Royal...
What the PRC’s new privacy law means for you
Late last year the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)...
New IoT Cybersecurity Laws proposed in UK
The UK Government introduced the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (PSTI) to Parliament...
Google Ads agreements found to breach cartel laws
A recent decision of the High Court has confirmed that competitors that coordinate with...
Waikato DHB Privacy Breach
Alongside the legislation, the courts have taken a strong stance against the un-consensual use...
Mandatory privacy breach reporting one year on – Privacy Commissioner Insight Report 2021
On 1 December 2020, the Privacy Act 2020 (Act) introduced some new changes to...
Discussion Document: ‘Towards a Digital Strategy for Aotearoa’
The ‘Towards a Digital Strategy for Aotearoa’ Discussion Document was released on 6 October...
Adapting the legal landscape for UAVs
In an earlier article we wrote about the Ministry of Transport’s Discussion Document Enabling Drone...
Digital Identity Services Trust Framework Bill introduced
On 29 September 2021, the Digital Identity Services Trust Framework Bill (Bill) was introduced...
Proposed limits on artificial intelligence
On 22 April 2021, the European Commission proposed that the European Parliament and the...
Government’s use of algorithms
In October 2018 the Department of Internal Affairs and Statistics New Zealand released their...