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Asia Pacific Dashboard Digest | Sexual violence victims removed from data collection program Related reading: A view from Brussels: EDPS sends signal on data transfers 

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After criticism, the Ministry of Social Development said it will not collect the information of sexual violence victims for the first year of a new data collection scheme measuring the effectiveness of agency-funded programs, Stuff reports. New Zealand Privacy Commissioner John Edwards was reviewing this policy, the report states. While a manager from Marlborough Women's Refuge said she was pleased that the government had rethought elements of the policy, she also expressed concerns over potential privacy violations of other victims, like those fleeing physical abuse, and the future security of the database containing this information. Social Development Minister Anne Tolley added that the government wanted to "make sure we get this right," and that she had met with both Edwards and Rape Crisis to discuss concerns.  
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