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Smart homes project data and privacy update

Hiria Te Rangi made this Official Information request to Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities

Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities did not have the information requested.

From: Hiria Te Rangi

Dear Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities,

Tēnā koutou,

Kāinga Ora ran a project on smart homes,

https://www.gets.govt.nz/HNZC/ExternalTe...
Tether.io was awarded this contract.

1. How does a family living in a kainga ora home with sensors access the data collected about them? What is the process?
2. What data or information does a family living in a kainga ora home with sensors see?
3. What is the data structure of the database connected to the sensors - ie what data does the sensors collect, how often.
4 Has the sensor data been shared with any other organisations? If yes, who?
5. Are there any Privacy impact assessments for this project? Please include a copy
6. Any information outlining how consent is obtained from residents of homes in the project and extended rollout for adding sensors to homes, and gathering and storing data obtained from sensors, including the consent form, and how many homes in the project received and returned the consent form.
6. Any information outlining potential penalties or negative outcomes imposed on people who refuse sensors, including but not limited to how this impacts improvements to their Housing New Zealand homes.
7. Any information about ownership of the data collected.
8. Any information pertaining to the sharing, use, or potential use of data from the following sensor types: temperature, humidity, CO2, light, motion detectors, power use monitors.
9. Any information pertaining to how sensors are connected to the Internet to transmit information, including whether that Internet connection is available to household tenants.

Please also explain any relevant caveats that should be kept in mind when analysing this information.

Please provide this information in an accessible, searchable format.

If any part of my request is unclear, please don't hesitate to contact me.

If any of the information that I have requested is unavailable or would be difficult to retrieve, but similar information might be readily available, I would be happy to discuss altering or refining my request.

Yours faithfully,

Hiria Te Rangi

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From: Kainga Ora Correspondence
Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities

Tēnā koe Ms Te Rangi

Thank you for your request dated 17 May 2021 for information on the Kāinga
Ora – Homes and Communities Smart Homes project.

Kāinga Ora is considering your request under the Official Information Act
1981. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and
in any event no later than 14 June 2021, being 20 working days after the
day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request
by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

nāku noa, nā

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Please find attached a response to your Official Information Request of 17
May 2020.

 

Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities

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Ora. This message and any files transmitted with it are confidential, may
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