New Zealand: Opened consultation on Privacy Commissioner Biometric Processing Privacy Code
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Opened consultation on Privacy Commissioner Biometric Processing Privacy Code
On 18 December 2024, the Privacy Commissioner opened a consultation, due to close on 14 March 2025, on a draft Biometric Processing Privacy Code issued under the Privacy Act 2020. The code would strengthen current notification and transparency obligations in the Act, add a requirement to do a proportionality test on the impacts of biometric processing on individuals and mandate privacy safeguards. Furthermore, the draft code establishes limits on certain uses of biometric data, for instance, emotion analysis. The code is expected to come into force in 2025.
Original sourceScope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
other service provider, infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2023-07-25
in consultation
2023-08-27
processing consultation
2023-11-23
under deliberation
2024-04-10
in consultation
2024-05-08
in consultation
2024-12-18
in consultation