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Viewing entries tagged with 'IPP6 - access'

High Court decision in Taylor v Corrections Natalie Marshall
3 August 2020 at 16:55

When is information your personal information? Does it include references to other people that just happen to be on a file with your name on it? These are the questions that the Human Rights Review Tribunal, and High Court of New Zealand have considered in the recent decisions in Taylor v Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections ([2018] NZHRRT 35 and Taylor v Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections [2020] NZHC 383.

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Touch, pause, engage – dealing with privacy in sports clubs Elizabeth Kim
5 June 2019 at 10:22

New Zealand is generally an engaged country, and most of you reading this will be part of or will have been members of a club at some point. Whether it is a swimming, softball or rugby club or a miniature horse society, you will have been involved in one or know someone who is in one.

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How should agencies deal with ‘empty-your-pocket’ requests? Mark McIlvride
22 February 2019 at 09:59

The most common complaints we investigate relate to individuals trying to access their personal information. Some of these requests are “empty-your-pocket” requests to the agency – in other words, requests for all the information held about the person concerned by the agency.

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When can you withhold sensitive employment information? Ophelia Waite
22 August 2018 at 16:52

When a person makes a request for personal information, the agency responding to the request is entitled to withhold the information, if one of the exceptions to principle 6 of the Privacy Act applies.

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Make requested information understandable, says Tribunal Charles Mabbett
7 August 2018 at 16:26

Under the Privacy Act, individuals have a right to get access to their personal information. When an agency receives such a request, a recent decision by the Human Rights Review Tribunal shows the agency, where possible, must provide the information in a way that is meaningful and understandable to the requester.

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Tribunal strikes out privacy case Charles Mabbett
4 July 2018 at 10:24

A recent privacy case shows it is in nobody’s interests to waste the Human Rights Review Tribunal’s time.

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Kim Dotcom v Crown Law Office Ophelia Waite
19 June 2018 at 11:28

The following is a summary of a Human Rights Review Tribunal decision which has since been overturned by the High Court. You can read the High Court decision here [1 October 2018]. The Court of Appeal decision is here [10 November 2020].

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Do you really need that information? Shaun Ritchie
7 February 2018 at 16:10

Knowledge is power – a cliché, sure, but for a reason. As an agency, the more you know about your clients, the more effective your service can be. It makes sense to gather as much information as possible about the people you interact with. So why wouldn’t you?

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