Thank you for your correspondence.

We will endeavour to respond to you as soon as possible.

You can make formal complaints about unsolicited commercial electronic
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may be useful. A selection of present and past scam messages can be viewed
on our [4]Reported Scams web page.

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numerous complaints are received about a particular spam message, we will
investigate the campaign as a whole.

 

Kind regards,

Electronic Messaging Compliance Unit

Department of Internal Affairs

 

References

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Dear Mason

Thank you for your email. We are working on your enquiry and you will hear from us again as soon as possible.

Kind Regards,

Customer Services Team
Service Delivery and Operations
Department of Internal Affairs - Te Tari Taiwhenua
Phone: (+64 4) 495 7200
www.dia.govt.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: Mason [mailto:[OIA #1330 email]]
Sent: Saturday, 23 November 2013 4:14 p.m.
To: Telephon Telephon
Subject: Official Information Act request - Blocked Website Viewing

Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

My name is Mason and about 3 weeks ago I was browsing the internet
as I usually do. I accidentally opened a web page that, unbeknownst
to me, obviously contained "objectionable" material and
was blocked from viewing by the New Zealand internet filters. I did
not view the content of the website as the filter prevented that
from happening, but the page showed the definition of
"objectionable" material according to the Films, Videos
and Publications Classification Act 1993 and a notice stating that
my IP address was recorded. Since then I have been anxious and
worried that further action could be taken against me, as I might
seem like a pedophile or someone attempting to access prohibited
material, even though I am not. It was a total accident visiting
the blocked page, and I hope it will never happen to me again. I
understand that such situations could commonly arise on the
internet, but if you could tell me if any action like tracking my
IP address or analysing my computer for objectionable material is
likely to happen as a result of this incident that would be great.
Thanks heaps.

Yours faithfully,

Mason

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Dear Mason

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act request dated 23 November
2013. I have attached my decision on your request.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Craig Press

 

 

Craig Press | Team Leader Official Correspondence
Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua