This presentation will provide an insight into Aotearoa and European legislation, and gain basic knowledge of data privacy in both jurisdictions. It highlights the recent changes made to the New Zealand legislation and provides a comparison to the requirements of European data protection principles. In order to do so, it will be important to gain an understanding of the EU as a supranational organisation and highlight the principles underpinning the EU. This understanding is very important to our team of 5 million as New Zealand negotiates its free trade agreement with the EU. Practical examples of hypothetical scenarios have been incorporated to provide a deeper level of data privacy understanding. By the end of this presentation, the audience should be able to identify basic data privacy principles and form their own opinions about what system is more rigid.