Upcoming and recent events
Facial recognition and the NZ Police
Come and hear Andrew Chen of the NZ Police Tech Assurance Team talk about how the NZ Police are thinking about the issues around using facial recognition technology in policing.
Privacy Week 2024
Privacy Week is a week full of privacy events coordinated and/or prepared by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.
Privacy’s Redefinition Through Artificial Intelligence
The School of Accounting and Commercial Law of the Victoria University of Wellington together with the Privacy Foundation New Zealand were delighted to invite everyone to attend a public lecture by Prof Joshua Fairfield.
2023 Sir Bruce Slane Memorial Lecture
In this lecture, Prof Nicole Moreham explores how society can strike a balance between protecting the free speech online and the need to protect individual privacy.
Consumer Data Right
In this lecture, Dr Farrell will explain how the legal foundations of a CDR framework are critical to the performance of its functions for customers, banks, fintech companies and other market participants.
Privacy Week 2023
The Privacy Foundation has taken an active part in the Privacy Week 2023 organised by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.
A conversation on online learning and children’s privacy
We warmly welcome you to join us for our webinar “A conversation on online learning and children’s privacy”.
Who’s doing what with your data? Information governance in a digital world
This symposium celebrates the launch of the new programmes and highlights current issues in information governance.
Privacy Week Tiny Film Festival 2021
To celebrate Privacy Week 2021 Simply Privacy would love you to join us for a drink and a privacy themed movie at the Academy Cinema, Lorne St Auckland CBD, on Tuesday May 11.
Advancing Digital & IT Law
This is your opportunity for discussion and professional exchange of experience on cross-over topics in the fields of digital, technology and IT law.
Cyber-Smart week
Boost your privacy during Cyber-Smart week – and help others do the same!
Rating Reputation: Online Defamation and the Search for a Techno-legal Solution
Drawing on judicial jurisprudence in the UK, US and Germany on online rating sites, this presentation examines how different jurisdictions have endeavoured to strike the balance between reputation and freedom of expression.
Data Privacy in the Big Data Era
This lecture explores data privacy protection for the digitized persona, focusing on the challenges brought by profiling. The speaker argues that we should move from a pure opt-in consent regime to an accountability model for big data analytics.
Internet futures reconsidered: Human rights and emerging technologies
Marianne Franklin is Professor of Global Media and Politics at Goldsmiths, University of London. During her visit to New Zealand, she will be presenting this PrivacyLive forum at the University of Auckland Business School in partnership with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the Privacy Foundation of New Zealand.
Privacy law at a cross roads: can the courts provide some direction?
Don’t miss the opportunity to hear the Court of Appeal judge, the Hon Justice Helen Winkelmann, discuss ‘Privacy Law at a Crossroads: Can Courts Provide Some Direction?'
Remedies for Breach of Privacy
Cutting-edge questions about remedies for breach of privacy will be examined in this combined public lecture and book launch.
Public Hearings on Credit Reporting Privacy Code Amendments
The public are welcome to attend the hearings on the proposed Credit Reporting Privacy Code amendments.
Reviewing DNA use in criminal investigations
Kate McKenzie-Bridle, Senior Legal and Policy Adviser from the Law Commission Te Aka Matua o te Ture, will explore some of the questions around the use of DNA in law enforcement and how the answers impact on law reform in this area.
Working Towards Trusted Data Use
Learn about the Data Futures Partnership’s Guidelines for Trusted Data Use from one of its authors, Professor Rhema Vaithianathan.
Orwell’s 1984: A book, a film, a play… and now a reality?
Seventy years since the book hit the shelves, is there more to say about this dystopian touchstone of privacy, surveillance and identity?
Blockchain’s Promise for Privacy
Please join us and learn about blockchain from one of New Zealand’s foremost experts on the topic.