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Privacy Act 2020

“Protecting your personal information and giving you control over it”

This law aims to protect your privacy when it comes to your personal information. It sets up rules to make sure you have the right to keep your personal information private. It also gives you the right to see and access your own personal information when you want to.

The law recognises that sometimes there might be other important things to think about besides privacy. It tries to balance your privacy rights with other rights and interests that might be important too.

This law also helps New Zealand follow privacy rules that many countries around the world agree on. It matches up with guidelines from an organisation called the OECD and an agreement called the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. These international rules are all about keeping personal information private and secure.

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