Posted on April 29, 2025 by MIL-OSI PublisherThe Privacy Amendment Bill is coming soon – here’s what you need to know Source: 31 Jan 2025, 15:14One of the important changes in the Bill is adding Information Privacy Principle (IPP)3A. We’ll be developing guidance for organisations on the requirements of IPP3A, as well as reviewing OPC’s Codes of Practice to determine whether any amendments are required.Parliament has indicated that IPP3A will come into force on 1 May 2026, and all organisations will need to have their systems in place to meet the new requirements by then. We’re aiming to have the guidance developed and published on our website to allow organisations plenty of time to implement the requirements of the new Act.We’ll be doing targeted engagement on the draft guidance as part of its development. If your agency would like to be on the list for this, please email guidance@privacy.org.nzWe know agencies may have specific questions or concerns that they’ll want the guidance to address. Please send these through for our consideration. We may not be able to include everything, or respond directly to your specific comments, but we will consider them as part of the drafting process. If you have any particular scenarios you want us to consider in our guidance let us know. You can send these to guidance@privacy.org.nz Information updated 3 April 2025.
31 Jan 2025, 15:14One of the important changes in the Bill is adding Information Privacy Principle (IPP)3A. We’ll be developing guidance for organisations on the requirements of IPP3A, as well as reviewing OPC’s Codes of Practice to determine whether any amendments are required.Parliament has indicated that IPP3A will come into force on 1 May 2026, and all organisations will need to have their systems in place to meet the new requirements by then. We’re aiming to have the guidance developed and published on our website to allow organisations plenty of time to implement the requirements of the new Act.We’ll be doing targeted engagement on the draft guidance as part of its development. If your agency would like to be on the list for this, please email guidance@privacy.org.nzWe know agencies may have specific questions or concerns that they’ll want the guidance to address. Please send these through for our consideration. We may not be able to include everything, or respond directly to your specific comments, but we will consider them as part of the drafting process. If you have any particular scenarios you want us to consider in our guidance let us know. You can send these to guidance@privacy.org.nz Information updated 3 April 2025.