The Canadian Privacy Act is very similar in many respects to the New Zealand one, slightly more strict I understand, but based on the same OECD Privacy Guidelines and in full accord with the EU Directive on Privacy (NZ is delinquent in some respects according to the EU). I am not sure quite what the position is wrt persons from outside Canadian jurisdiction but Canadian law may be more likely to accommodate concerned NZ citizens with info held on them in Canada than vice versa, as I understand it. Frank March Specialist Advisor, IT Policy Group Ministry of Economic Development, PO Box 1473, Wellington, NZ Ph: (+64 4) 474 2908; Fax: (+64 4) 471 2658

-----Original Message----- From: Joe Abley [SMTP:jabley(a)automagic.org] Sent: Friday, 7 December 2001 15:01 To: Tony McGregor Cc: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: The Archives, Again

On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 02:11:23PM +1300, Tony McGregor wrote:

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Moving the archive off shore won't help either if the information is "held by" a New Zealand agency. I.E. if the list is a UoW list but someone else hosts the archives it's probably still covered.

I'm not convinced I understand how the UoW could entice me to edit my archives, speaking as a resident of Canada, and with reference to an archive hosted in the US.

But I'm happy to host the list too, if that helps :)

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