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Explore the impactful amendments to the Credit Reporting Privacy Code (CRPC) issued in 2004, addressing credit information disclosure limitations, controls on credit reporters, and defining credit information. Discover the significant modifications, including new inclusions like credit accounts and repayment history, providing a deep and broad insight into the credit reporting landscape. Learn about credit freezing, complaints handling, and assurance reports under the revised code, as well as the implementation process, public education, and the review slated for 2015. Evaluate the success of the amendments, assess the benefits of more comprehensive reporting, and contemplate the necessity of further changes or potential Trans-Tasman information sharing.
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A new era for credit reporting: Recent amendments to the Credit Reporting Privacy Code Daimhin Warner Senior Investigating Officer Office of the Privacy Commissioner Privacy Awareness Week 2012, Privacy Forum, 2 May 2012
CRPC… what is it? • Issued 2004 • Modifies privacy principles • Imposes controls on credit reporters • Defines credit information • Limits disclosure
CRPC review – an open and consultative process • Reference group • Consultation with key stakeholders • Submissions on proposed amendments
The system from 1 April • “More comprehensive”… • Deep and broad • What info? • Defaults, judgments etc • …and the new stuff? • Credit accounts • Repayment history • Who can list it? • Who can see it?
What else can a code do? • Credit freezing • Complaints handling • Assurance reports • Summary of rights • Subscribers agreements
What’s next? • Implementation of changes • Education and public awareness • UMR survey (57% don’t know they can access free report) • Review in 2015… • Have the amendments been successful? • Has more comprehensive reporting brought benefits? • Are any further changes needed? • Trans-Tasman info sharing?