TVNZ reports the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) has found the private information of New Zealand residents has been mishandled by government agencies that “break their own rules when sharing people's details.” OPC reports indicate noncompliance and “substantial issues” with data-sharing agreements between government agencies, the report states. In the wake of several high-profile privacy breaches in recent years, Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff cautioned, “This is a highly complex environment with huge amounts of citizens' data, and you do need a watchdog carefully checking what is going on to keep them honest.”
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