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Senior public servant administering the Privacy Act in New Zealand
Bill C‑8 is a re‑introduced federal cybersecurity bill (the Critical Cyber Systems Protection Act / CCSPA and Telecommunications Act amendments) that was tabled June 18, 2025 and, according to legisla...
’s AML/CFT framework requires reporting entities to perform and to verify customers’ identities using documentary, electronic and risk‑based methods enforced by supervisors including the , and . The n...
has recently put a -code">Biometric Processing Privacy Code into force that creates binding rules for any organisation — public or private — that uses automated biometric systems, and it explicitly ad...
explicitly mandates collection of biometric information—photographs, fingerprints and iris scans—under the when an individual applies for a visa, and the country has recently introduced a to govern br...
is spreading through banking products in , and , but the reporting provided contains no definitive evidence that Canadian or New Zealand banks currently "mandate" biometric sign‑in for all online bank...
Bill C‑27 (often discussed as the Digital Charter Implementation Act) aimed to overhaul federal private‑sector privacy law by creating the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, an Artificial Intelligence a...
Bill C-9’s measures to criminalize wilful promotion of hatred via public display of certain terror or hate symbols raise privacy, free‑expression and due‑process concerns, notably the risk of criminal...
Bill C-2 (the “Strong Borders Act”) was introduced in June 2025 and completed first reading in the House of Commons on June 3, 2025 (introductory and explanatory materials and Charter Statement tabled...