http://privacy.org.nz/case-notes/ http://privacy.org.nz/case-note-228235-2011-nz-privcmr-7-man-complains-about-nurse-disclosing-personal-information-about-him-to-a-mutual-friend/ A man was donating blood. During a conversation with the nurse taking his blood, he established that they had a mutual friend. The man asked the nurse to pass on his regards to the mutual friend. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:42:36 +1300 http://privacy.org.nz/case-note-228235-2011-nz-privcmr-7-man-complains-about-nurse-disclosing-personal-information-about-him-to-a-mutual-friend/ http://privacy.org.nz/case-note-231747-2011-nz-privcmr-8-authority-of-all-executors-not-necessary-to-release-deceased-person-s-health-information/ A woman was named as a joint executor of her mother's estate. After her mother died, the woman requested access to her late mother's health information. Three health agencies refused to provide the information without the authority of the other executor to the estate. The other executor had refused authority. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:59:19 +1300 http://privacy.org.nz/case-note-231747-2011-nz-privcmr-8-authority-of-all-executors-not-necessary-to-release-deceased-person-s-health-information/ http://privacy.org.nz/case-note-229963-2011-nz-privcmr-9-man-refused-copies-of-complaints-about-his-aggressive-behaviour/ A man attended a function run by a community organisation to which he belonged. The organisation later received several complaints about the man's aggressive behaviour at the function, including that he had struck another man who had asked him to leave. The man asked the organisation for copies of the complaints it received about him. The organisation gave him a summary of the complaints, but refused to give him copies because it thought it couldn't do this without identifying who had made the complaints. The man asked us to review the organisation's decision. Principle 6 Principle 6 provides that individuals are entitled to have access to personal information that an agency holds about them, unless one of the exceptions set out in sections 27-29 of the Privacy Act (the "Act") applies. Section 42(2) of the Act states that agencies must make information available in the way preferred by the individual... Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:59:39 +1300 http://privacy.org.nz/case-note-229963-2011-nz-privcmr-9-man-refused-copies-of-complaints-about-his-aggressive-behaviour/ http://privacy.org.nz/case-note-225274-2011-nz-privcmr-10-man-complains-about-telecommunications-company-publishing-his-confidential-telephone-number/ During this process the telecommunications company employee failed to transfer the confidential status of the man's old telephone number. As a result, the new telephone number was published in a publically available online directory. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:59:59 +1300 http://privacy.org.nz/case-note-225274-2011-nz-privcmr-10-man-complains-about-telecommunications-company-publishing-his-confidential-telephone-number/ http://privacy.org.nz/case-notes-released-december-201/ View the latest case notes released by the Privacy Commissioner. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:04:04 +1200 http://privacy.org.nz/case-notes-released-december-201/ http://privacy.org.nz/case-note-218236-2011-nz-priv-cmr-4-man-objects-to-pre-employment-screening/ The man was unsuccessful in his application, and made a request under principle 6 of the Privacy Act for the personal information held by the government agency in relation to his application. Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:56:40 +1200 http://privacy.org.nz/case-note-218236-2011-nz-priv-cmr-4-man-objects-to-pre-employment-screening/ http://privacy.org.nz/case-note-215508-2011-nz-priv-cmr-5-debt-collection-agency-discloses-information-about-a-woman-to-a-workmate/ A debt collection agency had been attempting to contact a woman at her workplace. Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:05:22 +1200 http://privacy.org.nz/case-note-215508-2011-nz-priv-cmr-5-debt-collection-agency-discloses-information-about-a-woman-to-a-workmate/ http://privacy.org.nz/case-note-225347-2011-nz-priv-cmr-6-credit-agency-mistakes-another-man-for-debtor/ A man received final demand letters from a credit agency about a tenancy debt that he did not owe. Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:06:11 +1200 http://privacy.org.nz/case-note-225347-2011-nz-priv-cmr-6-credit-agency-mistakes-another-man-for-debtor/ http://privacy.org.nz/case-note-219105-2011-nz-priv-cmr-1-woman-complains-about-debt-collection-company-contacting-her-workplace/ She advised that the debt collection company had called her workplace hoping to talk to her. When her manager informed the debt collector that she was unable to take the call, the caller informed the manager of its name and number and gave her the woman's reference number and asked the manager to pass on the message. Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:42:15 +1200 http://privacy.org.nz/case-note-219105-2011-nz-priv-cmr-1-woman-complains-about-debt-collection-company-contacting-her-workplace/ http://privacy.org.nz/case-note-221786-2011-nz-priv-cmr-2-bar-scans-and-retains-a-copy-of-patron-s-driver-s-licence/ A man visited a bar where he was asked by the doorman to produce identification. He produced his driver's licence which was scanned into a black box by the doorman before being returned to him. The man believed the box took a photo of his licence and recorded information about him. The man complained to us that he had not consented to the scanning and storing of his licence. He also expressed concerns over who would be able to view the scanned information from his licence. The bar accepted that it had collected personal information. It said the device at the entrance was a camera inside a protective metal box. When an identification card was placed into the device, a photo was taken of the card. This image was then stored for up to six days. Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:48:02 +1200 http://privacy.org.nz/case-note-221786-2011-nz-priv-cmr-2-bar-scans-and-retains-a-copy-of-patron-s-driver-s-licence/