Damien Steel-Baker

Jul 30, 2024 | lexology.com | Amy Ryburn |Renee Stiles |Damien Steel-Baker |Alex Chapman |Andy Dysart |Elizabeth Rose

Late last week, the Office of the Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology proactively released a paper submitted to Cabinet addressing New Zealand's approach to working with artificial intelligence (AI). The Cabinet paper notes that New Zealand has been uncharacteristically slow to embrace AI and identifies confidence and capability as key factors inhibiting the rate of domestic AI adoption, particularly compared to peer countries.

Jul 3, 2024 | lexology.com | Amy Ryburn |Renee Stiles |Damien Steel-Baker |Alex Chapman |Andy Dysart |Elizabeth Rose

In recent decades the New Zealand government has made openness and transparency one of its key policy objectives regarding its collection, use, and sharing of data. Since 2011, a framework of principle-led policies has been developed that build on these core principles, including policies aimed at ensuring that government agencies can responsibly harness the incalculable benefits of "big data" and algorithmic analysis, while preserving public trust in government processes and systems.

Apr 22, 2024 | lexology.com | Allan Yeoman |Amy Ryburn |Renee Stiles |Catherine Miller |Keri Johansson |Alex Chapman | +2 more

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) has recently released a draft Biometric Processing Privacy Code (Code) for public consultation. The consultation period closes on 8 May 2024. The Code proposes legal obligations on agencies that carry out automated processing of biometric information. With biometric processing rapidly becoming common place, this is an important opportunity for agencies to engage with this legislative change. What is biometrics?

Apr 8, 2024 | lexology.com | Amy Ryburn |Damien Steel-Baker

Click here to watch the videoCollaborative contracts are a category of contracts under the Government Procurement Rules. There are a broad range of these contracts available for public sector agencies to use. While they are often referred to as "all of government" contracts, AoG contracts are in fact only one category of collaborative contracts currently in place which public sector entities can use.

Mar 18, 2024 | lexology.com | Amy Ryburn |Damien Steel-Baker |Allan Yeoman

On 13 March 2024 the European Parliament passed the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). This is a world-first attempt at substantially regulating the use of AI and provides a good indication of how regulation may develop around the world. The use of AI is rapidly expanding. As in many areas of technology or science, the creation of new tools and techniques leads to moral and philosophical questions about how these things should be used – just because we can doesn’t mean we should.