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App developer for New Zealand, with the Privacy Act 2020 in mind

New Zealand organisations are small enough that one developer who stays accountable beats a relay of handoffs. Privacy principles planned from the start, a fixed price per step.

In a market the size of New Zealand's, a project that depends on a large agency team often depends on one person inside it anyway. This offer removes the intermediate layer: the architect who scopes your app is the one who builds it, ships it and answers the questions afterwards.

The Privacy Act 2020

New Zealand's Privacy Act 2020 is built around the Information Privacy Principles and requires agencies to report privacy breaches that cause, or are likely to cause, serious harm. The data model is planned with GDPR principles in mind, so purpose of collection, transparency, security safeguards, access, correction and limits on disclosure are architecture decisions made up front rather than a policy document written after launch.

What stays with you

Appointing a privacy officer, deciding what your organisation tells people at the point of collection and handling a notifiable breach are obligations of the agency holding the data. The build documents how personal information moves, where it is stored and who can reach it, so those obligations can be demonstrated when someone asks.

Paperwork kept short

You sign with DigitalFreedom Global LLC, a Wyoming company, and pay in US dollars. There is no hourly meter: the price, the milestones and the feature list go into the agreement before work begins. At the end the repository, cloud accounts and App Store and Google Play listings are yours.

What it costs

  • First Version (MVP): from $27,800, two to four weeks
  • Market-ready app: from $83,300, three to four months
  • One codebase for iPhone and Android, native macOS where it fits
  • Work is written and remote; meetings by arrangement

By city: Auckland and Wellington. Across the Tasman: app developer for Australia. Ready to talk: get in touch.

Price, contract and data

  • Every step has a fixed price, set in writing before work starts; extra scope is added only through a change order you approve in writing.
  • The code sits in your repository from day one; with each paid milestone, the rights to everything delivered up to that point pass to you. Third-party components and pre-existing tools keep their own licences.
  • For rescues and new builds, 90 days of free bug-fixing after launch, on top of the 12-month warranty under the Terms. Ongoing operation starts at $1,400 a month.
  • You contract with DigitalFreedom Global LLC, Wyoming, USA. All prices are net; the tax treatment is clarified before contract and stated in the offer.
  • Our infrastructure is in the United Kingdom and Europe. Where I process personal data on your behalf, we sign a data processing agreement. The provider overview on digitalfreedom.co.za lists the subprocessors, their locations and the contractual safeguards.

Common questions

Does the build take the Privacy Act 2020 into account?

The data model is planned with GDPR principles in mind, and many of them match the Information Privacy Principles in the Privacy Act 2020: purpose of collection, transparency, security, access and correction, limits on use and disclosure. Your obligations as the agency holding the data, including your privacy officer and your response to a notifiable privacy breach, stay with you. The build is documented so you can evidence how personal information is handled.

What about hosting data outside New Zealand?

The Privacy Act 2020 has a principle on disclosing personal information to a recipient outside New Zealand (IPP 12). The hosting region and the sub-processors are chosen and written down with you at the start, so the cross-border question has a documented answer.

What does it cost?

If you already have an app, an App Check at $2,000 comes first. New: a First Version (MVP) from $27,800 in two to four weeks. Fixed price agreed in writing, not a day rate.

Talk to the architect who'll be accountable for your app

Free, no obligation, NDA beforehand on request: in 30 minutes we look at what happened, who holds which account and what it takes to get your app running smoothly with you covered. You leave with a clear next step.

Free 30-minute call, no obligation

You talk to Marcel directly, the architect who is accountable for the work. No sales rep, no pitch.

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Prefer to write first? Describe your situation, with a link to your app, repository or questionnaire. You get an answer within one business day.