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ARTICLE · 25 JUNE 2014

At what point is data breach reporting overkill?

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New Zealand intends to introduce a mandatory data breach reporting law as part of its proposed privacy act reforms.

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[Blog post] New Zealand considers strategies for privacy reform.

The New Zealand Government has announced its intention to introduce a mandatory data breach reporting law as part of a raft of proposed changes to its privacy legislation.

If New Zealand's Privacy Act reforms are passed, NZ businesses will be required to report data breaches, face audits and receive fines.

Under the proposed reforms, data breaches will be notified to the Privacy Commissioner and could be a precursor to audits of security measures.

This would rightly be cause for concern for all companies dealing with personal information in New Zealand.

There are some very important questions that they'll want answered in the exposure draft legislation:

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