Privacy law

Privacy and information law is something that regularly impacts on everyone. The right to privacy is one that must be balanced with other competing rights, interests and obligations.

Our areas of expertise

We provide advice and representation in relation to your business’ obligations regarding other people’s privacy and personal information, or in terms of the collection and disclosure of your information and breaches of your privacy.

Our expertise in these areas include:

Privacy Act - assisting our clients to understand their obligations under the Privacy Act and provide practical advice on compliance with it
Official Information – helping our clients to understand their rights to official information and assisting them with making claims for official information
Personal & health information - providing advice and representation for individuals and organisations in relation to the collection, storage, use and disclosure of personal and/or health information
Breach of privacy - providing advice and representation in relation to making or defending claims for breach of privacy, whether under the Privacy Act and associated legislation or based in tort

The Privacy Act

The Privacy Act covers all personal information (information about an identifiable individual) that is collected, held or used by individuals and organisations in New Zealand. This means that the provisions of the Privacy Act impact on everyone on a regular basis. However, despite this, the provisions of the Privacy Act are often misunderstood and misapplied which leaves individuals and organisations at risk.