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complaints we received about Police between 2015 to 2018. You can also
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From: Jo <[FOI #10606 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 25 June 2019 9:32 PM
To: Enquiries <[Privacy Commissioner request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Dealings with New Zealand Police

 

Dear Privacy Commissioner,

 

I have had a number of dealings with the New Zealand Police over the
course of this year. Sadly, these dealings have given me zero confidence
in the Police and their ability to adhere to the basic principles of the
Privacy Act 1993. Particular issues include woeful attempts by Police to
prepare statements and notes of interview with a defendant for initial
disclosure as well as a number of instances where Police Officers are
(totally outside their functions) providing incorrect advice to agencies
and individuals about their Privacy Rights.

 

Under the OIA I would like to know how many complaints have been made to
your office about the actions of New Zealand Police, how many times it has
been determined that the New Zealand Police have interfered with the
Privacy of an individual and I would also like copies of general
correspondence from your office to the New Zealand Police raising any
concerns your office holds about the privacy practices of NZ Police. To
make it clear, the last of the three requests made above should relate to
correspondence initiated by your office (if any), not correspondence
related to specific complaints that your office is or has been dealing
with.

 

With regards to the three requests above, I would like this information
for the period Jan 2014 - Present. However, if your agency is able to
assist with specific dates, I am more interested in the specific period
that Michael Flahive has been in the role of Privacy Officer with NZ
Police. As he was a former employee of your office, you might be able to
assist in narrowing the scope of this request.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Jo

 

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Please find attached the Privacy Commissioner’s response to your official
information request.

 

Regards

 

 

Sharyn

 

Sharyn Leonard

Executive Assistant (Legal)

 

Office of the Privacy Commissioner  Te Mana Mâtâpono Matatapu
PO Box 10094, The Terrace, Wellington 6143

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