Recent years’ high-profile breaches at Accident Compensation Corporation, Ministry of Social Development and the Earthquake Commission “have shed an unprecedented light” on the need for protecting personal information, KPMG Advisory Practice Partner Souella Cumming writes for The Privacy Advisor. Looking at the implications for the year ahead and beyond, she writes, “One of the benefits of the high-profile breaches is the increased public awareness about the safety of the information they entrust to public- and private-sector organisations … Public- and private-sector organisations need to respond to these expectations and find enhanced ways of providing confidence to their customers and stakeholders.”
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