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03 July 2023
Customer and Product Data Bill – the proposed New Zealand consumer data right regime
Contributed by: Liz Blythe, Louise Taylor and Vaash Singh
The Government has released an exposure draft of the Customer and Product Data Bill - New Zealand's regulatory framework for a consumer data right for consultation. This update provides a summary of the key aspects of the Bill.
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16 January 2023
Consumer Data Right Update – proposed penalties, supervisory authorities, in-scope sectors and approach to accreditation and fees
Contributed by: Liz Blythe, Louise Taylor and Vaash Singh
The Government has released a Cabinet Paper seeking agreement from Cabinet on certain high-level design elements. Banking is confirmed to be the first cab off the rank for designation under NZ's CDR, but the financial services, energy and health sectors are also flagged as "ranked highly" for designation.
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11 November 2022
Consumer Data Right Update – Banking to be the first cab off the rank
Contributed by: Liz Blythe, Petra Carey, Louise Taylor, Vaash Singh and Lily Maclean
Following the Government's announcement last July that a Consumer Data Right (CDR) framework will be established for New Zealand, Minister Clark has confirmed that banks will be the first sector to implement the CDR mechanism in New Zealand. This update discusses this in more detail including when we can expect draft legislation, key takeaways and next steps.
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02 November 2022
Statutory review of Australia's Consumer Data Right – a "playbook" for New Zealand
Contributed by: Liz Blythe, Louise Taylor and Vaash Singh
While New Zealand is still waiting on draft Consumer Data Right (CDR) legislation, the Australian Government has recently completed an independent statutory review of its own CDR regime, marking three years since it was first introduced. The Review identifies a number of potential areas for improvement in the Australian regime and makes a range of recommendations for change, providing New Zealand with the opportunity to front foot some of these issues while our regime is still in the "design" phase.
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08 July 2021
New Zealand Government to introduce a Consumer Data Right
Contributed by: Liz Blythe, Louise Taylor and Vaash Singh
The Government confirmed its decision to establish a Consumer Data Right (CDR) framework for New Zealand this week, with legislation to be introduced as soon as 2022. In the form currently proposed, the New Zealand CDR has the potential to be the widest ranging CDR regime implemented in any jurisdiction to date.
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19 August 2020
New Zealand Consumer Data Right – MBIE invites submissions
Contributed by: Liz Blythe and Vaash Singh
MBIE has released a discussion document seeking submissions on a potential New Zealand Consumer Data Right. Potential in-scope sectors specifically contemplated in the discussion document include banking, electricity and insurance, with MBIE also referencing sectors that have "high search and switch costs" as key areas of consideration.
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11 February 2020
Consumer Data Right rules established for the Australian banking sector
Contributed by: Liz Blythe, Guy Lethbridge, Che Ammon and Rosie Judd
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has announced the finalisation of the Competition and Consumer (Consumer Data Right) Rules. The Rules sit alongside the Treasury Laws Amendment Act 2019, which came into force in August 2019, and provide further detail as to how the Australian regime will operate.
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05 February 2020
Building a Kiwi Data Economy - Minister to invite feedback
Contributed by: Liz Blythe, Guy Lethbridge, Che Ammon and Rosie Judd
In December 2019, the Hon Kris Faafoi, in his capacity as Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, penned an open letter to New Zealand banks announcing his intention to take advice on the establishment of a legislative framework for a possible Consumer Data Right in New Zealand.
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