law
1 Dec 2020

New privacy laws come into force

From Morning Report, 7:48 am on 1 December 2020

A raft of new privacy laws come into force today to better protect New Zealanders and their information.

Under the Privacy Act 2020 businesses and organisations must handle personal information more carefully and the Privacy Commissioner now has greater powers to ensure they are following the rules.

Privacy Commissioner John Edwards speaks to Corin Dann.