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The New Zealand Court of Appeal in a bare majority in Hosking v Runting accepted that there was a tort of privacy in New Zealand. The tort was affirmed as protection in this area was needed and the breach of confidence tort was not suitable to cover situations involving privacy. [ 22 ]
The Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) is an act of the New Zealand Parliament which creates a public right to access information held by government bodies. It is New Zealand's primary freedom of information law and has become an important part of New Zealand's constitutional framework.
Writing for the Auckland Law School, Nikki Chamberlain and Stephen Penk say that the Act is outdated, saying that "our new Act does not adequately address the risks of the 21st century" and "there is a real need to develop the law around misappropriation of personality to protect an individual's right to identity privacy", and that the Act does ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... the New Zealand Law Commission's 2011 review of New Zealand's privacy laws. ... privacy obligations under ...
A significant difference is that requests under LGOIMA can be made by "any person", rather than New Zealand citizens or residents. [1] As with the OIA, decisions made under the Act can be appealed to the Ombudsman, [2] and there is immunity from civil and criminal proceedings for good faith decisions to release information under the Act. [3]
[106] Public Disclosure of Private Facts or Publicity Given to Private Life is a tort under privacy law that protects individuals from the unauthorized dissemination of private information that is not of public concern. This tort aims to safeguard an individual's right to privacy and prevent unwarranted intrusion into their personal lives.
Freedom of information laws allow access by the general public to data held by national governments and, where applicable, by state and local governments. The emergence of freedom of information legislation was a response to increasing dissatisfaction with the secrecy surrounding government policy development and decision making. [1]
A copy of your personal data should be provided free in a commonly used and machine readable format. [11] An organization may charge for additional copies. It can only charge a fee if it thinks the request is 'manifestly unfounded or excessive'. If so, it may ask for a reasonable fee for administrative costs associated with the request.