Lawmakers struggling to keep up with changing digital worldGRANT MATTHEW/STUFF Rather than wait around for officials to further postpone progress on the Privacy Bill, Justice Minister Andrew Little has wisely decided to at least get the bill into the House. After admitting to effectively amplifying fake news, the Cambridge Analytica data breach findings keep on getting bigger and bigger. This new European law will take effect at the same time as the new New Zealand Privacy Bill starts its journey through our parliament. Sluggish slowed to glacial, as its taken a further seven years for the Privacy Bill to enter the House. The Privacy Bill aims at modernising the 25-year-old Privacy Act and implementing many of the Law Commission's 2011 recommendations.

Source: Stuff April 20, 2018 16:52 UTC