Privacy+Law+–+How+safe+is+your+personal+information

=**Privacy Law – How safe is your personal information when it is given to an organization (or that organization has access to it)?**= =**What Restrictions are there as to how an individual’s information can be collected used and distributed/sold?**=

The main restrictions on how an individual’s information can be collected and distributed or sold comes from Privacy Law this area of law is concerned with the rights over an individuals personal information And how that individual’s personal information may or may not be collected. Privacy Law also sets out how an individual’s information can/must be handled and stored (to ensure that adequate measures are taken to ensure that information stays confidential).

Privacy Act 1993 Date of assent 17 May 1993 Came into force on 1 July 1993 (Except as provided by [|section 31(2)] (repealed at a later date))
 * Privacy Act**

The Privacy Act 1993 was passed to help clarify and ensure the rights an individual has over there own personal information and how that information can be collected, used and passed on by others it Restricts most individuals and organizations (as explained in section 2(1(a) of the Privacy Act(who the act refers to when referring to an agency)) in New Zealand less those set out in section 2(1(b) of the Privacy Act.

The Privacy Act 1993 and the Commission also set out 12 Privacy information principals ( for ‘Agency’s’ (see section 2(1(a) &2(1(b) of he Privacy Act that clarify what an agency is) to follow. The act also sets out positions for a privacy commissioner to be appointed (as well as others) whose functions are set out in section 13 of the Privacy Act. The Privacy act also allows the privacy commissioner to crate codes of practice that then become law and also allows him to authorize (in special circumstances) the collection, use and discloser of information that would otherwise be unlawful as per principals 2, 10 or 11.


 * The 12 Privacy Principals**

Principal 1- Sets out when personal information can be collected

Principal 2 – Sets out where an Agency can collect information from and the restrictions/conditions that must be met to do so

Principal 3 – Sets out what steps an agency is required to (if any are required) make to comply when collecting information from an individual (such as ensuring the individual is aware of what is going to happen)

Principal 4 - Sets out how personal information cannot be collected

Principal 5 – States how information can/must be stored

Principal 6 – Gives individuals the right to access information on themself

Principal 7 – Gives individuals the right to correct (request) information held about themselves and what an agency must do/comply with when this happens

Principal’s 8, 9, 10, 11 – Set out how information can be disclosed or distributed and as to what steps must be made to ensure that information is accurate and up to date Principal 12 – sets out how and when ‘Unique identifiers’ (defined in section 2) are allowed to be assigned and used and when an agency is allowed to request these ‘unique identifiers’ from an individual Where can you find more information about the Privacy Act, your rights over your personal information as an individual and the Privacy Commission? Legislation Website [|(Privacy Act 1993)] Privacy Commission [|Website] [|Other] + [|Wiki]

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