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Our values statement
Statement of Intent
The purpose of the Statement of Intent is to set out the medium term intentions and undertakings of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for the period 2023 and our direction through to 2027.
Statement of Performance Expectations
View our Performance Expectations for the period 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.
Disclosure Statement for the Privacy Commissioner's expenses
View the statement for the period of 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.
View the statement for the period 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.
View the statement for the period 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
Disclosure Statement for the Deputy Privacy Commissioner's expenses
View the statement for the period 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.
OPC policies
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner has a number of internal policies that reflect our values as an independent crown entity and public regulator. View our policies.
Compliance and Regulatory Action Framework
Read our compliance and regulatory action policies here.
MOU between The Australian Information Commissioner and The New Zealand Privacy Commissioner in relation to Information Sharing can be viewed here
OPC Kia Toipoto Pay Gaps Action Plan
Read our Kia Toipoto Pay Gaps Action Plan (2022) here.
Reports to the Minister and key performance indicators
In the four monthly reports to the Minister we comment on how work is proceeding within the office on such matters as complaints and investigations, policy and codes of practice, communications and governance. View the most recent report and our key performance indicators.
Website privacy notice
This privacy notice applies to personal information that we collect through this website: www.privacy.org.nz
We also collect information through our online learning modules and the privacy notices for these modules can be found here.
We aim to ensure the people we engage with are treated fairly, whatever their background. We will accommodate the needs of anyone with disabilities to the best of our ability in accordance with the Human Rights Act 1993.
People can contact us here with their preferred communication method and we welcome any feedback on how we can improve our services.
The New Zealand Government Web Standards came into force in July 2019. They define how to ensure government websites are accessible and useable for everyone, including people with disabilities. Click here to learn more.
Official Information Act statistics
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Our cookie policy
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Copyright and disclaimer
All material on this site that we have created is covered by a Creative Commons 'Attribution (BY)' licence. For details, check http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz.
Privacy Impact Assessment on OPC's use of Microsoft cloud service
This privacy impact assessment (“PIA”) explains the process we followed, the factors we considered, and the steps we have taken or are taking to make sure this decision does not adversely affect the privacy of New Zealanders. In making our PIA publicly available, we are seeking to ensure that our customers and stakeholders can have comfort that we have made a careful and safe decision about the way we will handle the personal information entrusted to us.
See the 2019 PIA here
See the 2023 PIA here
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