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New Zealand: Introduced Privacy Amendment Bill (No. 292-1) including cross-border data transfer regulation

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Introduced Privacy Amendment Bill (No. 292-1) including cross-border data transfer regulation

On 5 September 2023, the New Zealand Parliament introduced the Privacy Amendment Bill, which aims to make changes to the Privacy Act. The Privacy Amendment Bill would clarify that, for the purposes of assessing whether privacy protection in a third country provides comparable safeguards for the purposes of cross-border data transfers, the Privacy Commissioner can assess countries both on an individual basis or on the basis of their membership in a bloc of countries.

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Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cross-border data transfer regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2023-09-05
under deliberation

On 5 September 2023, the New Zealand Parliament introduced the Privacy Amendment Bill, which aims t…

2024-05-06
in consultation

On 6 May 2024, the Parliament of New Zealand opened a consultation on the Privacy Amendment Bill (N…

2024-06-14
processing consultation

On 14 June 2024, the Parliament of New Zealand closes its consultation on the Privacy Amendment Bil…

2025-09-18
adopted

On 18 September 2025, the Parliament of New Zealand adopted the Privacy Amendment Bill (No. 292-1),…

2025-09-22
adopted

On 22 September 2025, the Governor General of New Zealand signed the Privacy Amendment Bill into la…

2025-09-23
in force

On 23 September 2025, the Privacy Amendment Act's provisions on cross-border data transfer regulati…