New Zealand: Privacy Amendment Bill (No. 292-1) including cross-border data transfer regulation was adopted by Parliament
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Privacy Amendment Bill (No. 292-1) including cross-border data transfer regulation was adopted by Parliament
On 18 September 2025, the Parliament of New Zealand adopted the Privacy Amendment Bill (No. 292-1), which proposes amendments to the Privacy Act 2020. The Privacy Amendment Bill clarifies in Part 2 that the Privacy Commissioner may assess the privacy protections in a third country to ensure that that country provides comparable safeguards for the purposes of cross-border data transfers, both on an individual basis and on the basis of membership of a block of countries.
Original sourceScope
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
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2023-09-05
under deliberation
2024-05-06
in consultation
2024-06-14
processing consultation
2025-09-18
adopted
2025-09-22
adopted