Protecting private information is critical for any business. Are your staff prepared?

Every agency working in New Zealand must abide by the Privacy Act 2020. This includes every staff member working in alignment with the 13 Privacy Principles and responding professionally to any privacy breaches.

The Privacy Essentials module treats privacy with the respect and importance it has always deserved. Covering the 13 Privacy Principles in an engaging and unique way, the module works through scenarios, breach reporting and what’s new and risky about today.

By the end of the module, your people will be able to:

1. Explain why it’s important we follow the 13 privacy principles
2. Describe the core ideas of each privacy principle
3. Identify what is and is not personal information
4. Explain the use of Privacy Impact Assessments
5. Describe the Privacy Commissioner’s powers
6. Respond appropriately to a privacy breach
7. Find further detail, resources and support.

Unique module features

Privacy Principles
covered interestingly

13 principles are a lot to cover. Considerable effort has been put into ensuring the learners’ experience is engaging and relevant while they explore the theme behind all of them.

Applicable situations
and scenarios

Making use of case notes from the Privacy Commissioner, the module includes real-life privacy situations and realistic scenarios to work through common everyday privacy considerations.

Modern and
up-to-date

New Principle 12, breach reporting, explanation of Privacy Commissioner directives – all the pertinent aspects of the 2020 Act at the all-staff level are here.

Realistic
quiz

A five question quiz provides assurance that your learners understand their privacy responsibilities and acknowledge the importance of reporting even the smallest breaches.

Sample page: Part way through one scenario branch – assassins misleading an agency to access a person’s address. 

Note: there’s a bit of expected cross-over with Information Security ideas.

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