The ticket problem has been solved in the first contact with Air New Zealand. I feel relief. Kia ora, guys!

New research finds that Twitter’s recommendation algorithm amplifies anger, outgroup hostility, and affective polarization arxiv.org/abs/2305.16941 This is a good reason to ignore the recommended Tweets.

I would love to have it for New Zealand! (although I am just discussing Canadian PIPEDA) :-)

I do not even know where to start with this piece: accuracy, bias, explainability, discrimination in employment (ethnicity, age, gender maybe), or "building a picture of employee intentions". And, "no privacy concerns"... rnz.co.nz/news/business/…

We are co-organising a great lecture about privacy which you simply cannot miss. :) On-line option availabe. Details below.

This Bill will have to wait for a new Parliament. But, it is good that it has finally got there. We submitted a consultation document on that a year ago...

A big changes to Australian Privacy Act 1988(Cth) has been announced. Shall New Zealand align its privacy laws to our strategic partner across the Tasman Sea? ag.gov.au/sites/default/…

work for law students in Wellington and Dunedin

Google was forced to give its users choice before aggregating their personal data across its services. Effective antitrust is the solution to many data privacy/ data protection problems. The decision is here: bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/Ent…

The Californian Delete Act is a very significant improvement in privacy laws. Having an easy way to erase consumer data in a single step may be a game changer for many of us who are no longer able to ascertain who and why keeps track of our digital and real-world steps!

Delighted to share that I've been appointed as the new Australian Privacy Commissioner. I'll be farewelling London for a while and relocating to Sydney to take up the role in February 2024.

📢 NZ’s Customer and Product Data Act 2025 is here! ✅ Data portability with accredited third parties ✅ “Action initiation” (e.g. initiate payments) ✅ Banking first, then electricity 🔗 legislation.govt.nz/act/public/202… #DataRights #OpenBanking #NZLaw #CDR #privacy