This Act is meant to help keep your personal information private. It does this by setting rules to protect your right to keep your personal information private. You have the right to see your own personal information.
This Act also considers other important rights and interests that might be affected. It makes sure New Zealand follows international rules about keeping personal information private. These international rules include the OECD Guidelines and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
The Act aims to balance your right to privacy with other important rights and interests. It wants to make sure you can access your own personal information when you need to. This helps keep your personal information safe and private.
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1: Title, or
"Name of this privacy law"
The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.
Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.
