{"id":210300,"date":"2021-09-24T14:05:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T01:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.nz\/?p=210300"},"modified":"2021-09-29T19:59:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T06:59:54","slug":"manage-employees-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.nz\/data-privacy-it\/manage-employees-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can I Manage My Employees’ Internet And Email Usage Under the NZ Privacy Act?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New Zealand privacy law requires that you protect the personal information you deal with<\/span>. This legislation impacts how you manage your employees\u2019 internet and email usage. However, while you can manage such usage to minimise certain privacy risks, like privacy breaches, you need to do so in a way that intrudes on employee privacy as little as possible. For some guidance, this article will go through how you can manage your employees\u2019 internet and email usage under the <\/span>New Zealand <\/span>Privacy Act<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is the Privacy Act?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The <\/span>Privacy Act<\/span><\/i> sets out what privacy protections<\/span><\/a> the law gives people in New Zealand. It does so by setting certain requirements for any entity that deals with any information that can identify a living person, which it classifies as <\/span>personal information<\/span><\/a>. Examples of personal information include:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n