Andrew Weaver (Executive Director, Digital Identity NZ) speaks at AirNZ OnPoint on Digital Identity - November 2019

Digital Identity New Zealand held its launch event in Auckland a year ago this month. Much has happened in the past 12 months:

It has been one year since Digital Identity New Zealand launched in November 2019.

We are looking forward to hosting David Birch back in New Zealand for the Digital Identity Summit in Wellington today.

August saw Digital Identity NZ co-host our first conference, Identity as Taonga, alongside Victoria University, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA).

The Identity as Taonga Conference was hosted at Victoria University in Wellington in August.

Nearly 80 percent of New Zealanders are worried about how their identity is managed online, Digital Identity NZ executive director Andrew Weaver will tell the inaugural New Zealand digital identity conference in Wellington next month.

Collaborative working groups are the engine rooms of the Digital Identity NZ community.

Kia ora readers, Digital Identity NZ is now just over seven months old, and we are starting to see some of the groundwork transforming into wider engagement and action.  Reaction to our recent research has been insightful and is helping to inform our plan of action.  New Zealanders desire (and indeed, deserve) a greater level of transparency … Continue reading "July Newsletter – Digital Identity in action"

Nearly 80 percent of New Zealanders are concerned about how their identity is managed online, Digital Identity NZ executive director Andrew Weaver will tell an international business conference in Singapore this week.

This month we released a summary of our research findings on the understanding, attitudes and perceptions of New Zealanders on Digital Identity. The findings are stark - they highlight a massive gap between what people would like to see when it comes to protecting and managing their data online, and the reality of the transparency and control they can actually exercise. This report in Wired magazine further elaborates on that sentiment. This is our challenge and our opportunity. Done right, a collaborative and inclusive Digital Identity ecosystem will allow its users both transparency and control, as well as an assurance that their data is kept safe and secure. The research findings will help us to close the gap, and in particular, work with technology providers and businesses to move away from the current paradigms of data harvesting and limited control.

A total of 79 percent of New Zealanders are concerned about the protection of their identity and use of personal data by organisations, according to a research survey commissioned by Digital Identity New Zealand (DINZ).