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Fears over personal data held overseas
May 19, 2007

Source: NZ Herald
New Zealanders who find themselves victims of overseas-based identity fraud may have few avenues for redress, the Privacy Commissioner warns. At a time when dataflow across borders is booming, Marie Shroff is urging New Zealanders to be wary of the threat of privacy breaches where New Zealand laws would not apply.

“If information is being misused overseas, things can be done but they’d have to be done on a Government-to-Government level,” she said. Ms Shroff’s concerns follow an increase in information such as passport, credit and bank details being stored and processed overseas. Government agencies and private companies are bound by the privacy laws of the country they are based in, but an international company with no base in New Zealand may not offer any protection. [more]


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