Currently the Chairperson of the Management Committee of the Human Rights Foundation, Tim McBride has been actively involved in civil rights issues since the early 1970s as an advocate, barrister, commentator, and lecturer. He is the author of a number of books in the field of civil rights, most recently the New Zealand Civil Rights Handbook (2010). Tim is also co-author of the leading book on the Privacy Act 1993 – The Privacy Act: A Guide (1994).