Request for confirmation from the Corporation as to whether ACC remove an ex-employees email address and replace it with an automatic response which redirects correspondence.

David Lawson made this Official Information request to Accident Compensation Corporation

Response to this request is long overdue. By law Accident Compensation Corporation should have responded by now (details and exceptions). The requester can complain to the Ombudsman.

From: David Lawson

Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,

I respectfully request under the Official Information Act 1982 to be provided with the following official information.

Official Information Request 1:

I would like to establish and be provided by the Corporation with original copies of the Corporation's policy and practice in relation to what action's the Accident Compensation Corporation undertake in relation to an ex-employee's email address, and correspondence emailed to an ex ACC employees email address following the employees last day of employment with the Corporation.

(a) Please confirm as to whether, upon an employee ceasing employment with ACC, whether ACC places an internal redirect on the employees email address, and provides an automatic email response advising ACC client's that the staff member no longer works for ACC, so that any ACC client's whom were not aware of the ACC employee leaving and whom have sent correspondence after the employee having left ACC would be automatically updated and provided with a new point of contact within the Corporation.

(b) If ACC does not have a system as discussed in Official Information Request 1 (a) above,

(i) why is this the case, and

(ii) what would happen to the client's correspondence to the ACC staff member who has left ACC's employ if their is no automatic response to the client's email to the ex ACC staff member. Where is the email and any attachments stored within ACC?

(c) If ACC does have a redirect system as discussed in Official Information Request 1 (a) above, how long does the redirect stay on ACC's System?

(d) At what point after an ACC staff member has left will a client's email if addressed to and forwarded to the ex ACC employees email address, will the client get back a notification from ACC/or their email postmaster that the email was not received because the email address was no longer valid

Official Information Request 2:

Please provide me with a copy of the generic automatic response/s ACC would send to an ACC client when the client has emailed correspondence to say their previous case manager, whom may have left in the interim without the ACC client not having known that that the ACC employee is no longer employed by ACC.

As an example......I have emailed today my previous case manager whom I had earlier been advised was no longer employed with ACC, and I have received no email delivery failure notice back from my emai service, nor a response from ACC to the following email;

This is a tester to see if Ms Jane Harding's email address has been deleted from ACC's employee list, or whether Ms Harding retains, or has been re-employed by ACC.

"David Lawson
Mon 10/06/2019 3:19 PM
To: [email address]
Dear Ms Jane Harding,

I am writing this email to establish whether you have recommenced employment with the Accident Compensation Corporation, and should you have had I would appreciate your confirmation as such, as there are a number of written statements that I would like for you to prepare for me in relation to your case management of my all of my claims for which you were entrusted under the ACC Act 2001 to manage for me.

I thank you for your time and assistance.

Yours sincerely
David Lawson"

Requests for additional written statements from ACC:

Written statement 1:

Over an hour has passed since I sent the above email and I have not received an automatic response that Ms Jane Harding no longer works for the Accident Compensation Corporation, and I would appreciate you confirmation if Ms Harding has been reemployed by the Accident Compensation Corporation, or possibly has retained her employment, contrary to what I may previously have been advised.

If Ms Jane Harding is no longer employed with ACC then why have I not received an email notification from ACC to this effect, or alternatively, why has my email postal master not returned my above email to me noting that the email address that I used was no longer current and or incorrect and so not delivered to ACC.

Written Statement requested from ACC 2:

What has happened to my email sent this afternoon to Ms Jane Harding on Mon 10/06/2019 3:19 PM to the following email address. To: [email address]

Under s16(2) of the Official Information Act, my preferred way of receiving a response is by email to the address from which ACC received the original request, not by post.

It would be appreciated if you could provide this information back to me under urgency within the next 10 working days, so that I can follow up and establish whether a previous case manager has returned to employment with ACC, so that I can seek written statements about the manner that they managed my claims.

I thank you for your time and assistance and look forward to receiving the official information requested to day at your earliest convenience and I would appreciate that the official information is marked on each page as to where the policy documentation is held and sourced from within ACC.

Yours faithfully,

David Lawson

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From: Government Services
Accident Compensation Corporation

Thank you for contacting ACC; this is an automatic reply to confirm we
have received your email.

Depending on the nature of your request you may not receive an official
response for up to 20 working days. Be assured however, that we will
respond to your query as quickly as possible.

Our [1]website provides up to date news and information about our work.
You can also follow us on [2]Facebook and [3]Twitter. Further information
about how to contact us is also available [4]here. 

Kind regards,

[5][email address]

Government Engagement & Support, ACC

Disclaimer:

"This message and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged
information. If you believe you have received this email in error, please
advise us immediately by return email or telephone and then delete this
email together with all attachments. If you are not the intended
recipient, you are not authorised to use or copy this message or any
attachments or disclose the contents to any other person."

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From: Government Services
Accident Compensation Corporation

Dear Mr Lawson

I refer to your email of 10 June 2019 with several questions regarding the
following:

 

I would like to establish and be provided by the Corporation with original
copies of the Corporation's policy and practice in relation to what
action's the Accident Compensation Corporation undertake in relation to an
ex-employee's email address, and correspondence emailed to an ex ACC
employees email address following the employees last day of employment
with the Corporation.

 

ACC needs an extra time

The Act requires that we advise you of our decision on your request no
later than 20 working days after the day we received your request.
Unfortunately, it will not be possible to meet that time limit and we are
therefore writing to notify you of an extension of the time to make our
decision, to 22 July 2019.

 

This extension is necessary because we need to consult across a number of
internal groups in ACC to make a decision on your request. As such a
proper response cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit.

 

Please contact me on [1][email address] if you would like to
talk about this letter. I will be happy to answer any questions or, if you
have any concerns, work with you to resolve these.

 

If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a
complaint to the Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available
at [2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.

 

Nāku iti noa, nā

 

Emma

 

   
       
Emma Coats, Manager OIA Services, ACC  
    ACC / OIA Services / Justice Centre - Level 7
PO Box 242 / Wellington 6011 / New Zealand / [3]www.acc.co.nz  
 
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    unless it is really necessary. Thank you.

 

 

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information. If you believe you have received this email in error, please
advise us immediately by return email or telephone and then delete this
email together with all attachments. If you are not the intended
recipient, you are not authorised to use or copy this message or any
attachments or disclose the contents to any other person."

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From: Government Services
Accident Compensation Corporation

Dear Mr Lawson

 

ACC does not routinely post responses that relate to claim matters to a
publicly available website. Therefore, we have sent our response to your
request, fyi -request-10508-66570bbb, to your personal email address.

 

Yours sincerely

Emma Coats

   
       
Emma Coats, Manager OIA Services, ACC  
  Tel. 0800 101 996
  ACC / OIA Services 2385 / Justice Centre - Level 7  
  PO Box 242 / Wellington 6011 / New Zealand / [1]www.acc.co.nz
 
  ACC cares about the environment – please don’t print this email
    unless it is really necessary. Thank you.

 

 

 

Disclaimer:

"This message and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged
information. If you believe you have received this email in error, please
advise us immediately by return email or telephone and then delete this
email together with all attachments. If you are not the intended
recipient, you are not authorised to use or copy this message or any
attachments or disclose the contents to any other person."

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