Facial Recognition Technologies

Andrew Chen made this Official Information request to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

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From: Andrew Chen

Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,

I would like to request copies of all correspondence between Cabinet, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Police, the Ministry of Justice, and NZ Police with regards to the use of facial recognition technologies since 19 October 2017.

Ngā mihi nui,
Andrew Chen

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Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

[UNCLASSIFIED]

Kia ora Andrew

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 which was received on 7 September 2020, copied below. A response will be provided in accordance with the Act (please see the Office of the Ombudsman Website for more details -  http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/).

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Ngā mihi

Ministerial Coordinator
Ministerial Services
Strategy, Governance and Engagement
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

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-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Chen <[FOI #13702 email]>
Sent: Monday, 7 September 2020 11:28 AM
To: Information [DPMC] <[DPMC request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Facial Recognition Technologies

Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,

I would like to request copies of all correspondence between Cabinet, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Police, the Ministry of Justice, and NZ Police with regards to the use of facial recognition technologies since 19 October 2017.

Ngā mihi nui,
Andrew Chen

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[UNCLASSIFIED]

 

Kia ora Andrew,

 

Thank you for your request.

 

I’m just getting in touch to confirm if your request refers to ‘Cabinet’,
to mean Cabinet Ministers?

 

Or were you referring to to the Cabinet Office, which sits within DPMC?

 

Confirming this will help us determine how to best progress a resposne to
your request.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Matthew

 

 

Ministerial Services
Strategy, Governance and Engagement
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Chen <[FOI #13702 email]>
Sent: Monday, 7 September 2020 11:28 AM
To: Information [DPMC] <[DPMC request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Facial Recognition Technologies

 

Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,

 

I would like to request copies of all correspondence between Cabinet, the
Prime Minister, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Police, the
Ministry of Justice, and NZ Police with regards to the use of facial
recognition technologies since 19 October 2017.

 

Ngā mihi nui,

Andrew Chen

 

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From: Andrew Chen

Kia ora Matthew,
Apologies for the confusion - by Cabinet I was referring to "Cabinet Office", and then separately the Ministers listed in the request (the PM, Justice, Police), and then separately the agencies (Justice, Police).

Ngā mihi nui,
Andrew Chen

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Good afternoon Mr Chen

 

Please find attached the Official Information Act response from Michael
Webster, Secretary of the Cabinet.

 

Regards

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From: Andrew Chen

Dear CabinetOffice [DPMC],
Thank you for your response. Can I please confirm that my OIA request has not been split or transferred to other agencies, and that therefore this response confirms that there are no records of correspondence found between any of the parties listed?

Yours sincerely,
Andrew Chen

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From: Charlotte Doyle [DPMC]
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Kia ora Andrew,

Thank you for your email. We can confirm that your OIA has not been split or transferred to other agencies as we interpreted your request as asking specifically for correspondence between the Cabinet Office and the Ministers/agencies that you had listed. However this does not confirm that there are no records of correspondence found between any of the parties listed as the Cabinet Office does not hold this information. We recommend contacting the relevant Minister's offices and/or agencies directly to seek this information.

Hei konā mai,

Charlotte

Charlotte Doyle
Advisor
Cabinet Office, Executive Wing
Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6011, New Zealand 

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From: CabinetOffice [DPMC] <[email address]>
Sent: Thursday, 1 October 2020 2:10 PM
To: Charlotte Doyle [DPMC] <[email address]>
Subject: FW: OIA response

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-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Chen <[FOI #13702 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 30 September 2020 3:41 PM
To: CabinetOffice [DPMC] <[email address]>
Subject: Re: OIA response

Dear CabinetOffice [DPMC],
Thank you for your response. Can I please confirm that my OIA request has not been split or transferred to other agencies, and that therefore this response confirms that there are no records of correspondence found between any of the parties listed?

Yours sincerely,
Andrew Chen

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[UNCLASSIFIED]

 

Good afternoon Mr Chen

 

Please find attached the Official Information Act response from Michael Webster, Secretary of the Cabinet.

 

Regards

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From: Andrew Chen

Kai ora Charlotte Doyle [DPMC],

Thank you for your response and for the confirmation. I will follow up with the relevant Ministers and agencies directly. I appreciate the time taken to respond to this OIA request.

Ngā mihi nui,
Andrew Chen

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