COVID-19: Book My Vaccine Privacy
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      From: John
      
    
    Dear Ministry of Health,
I would like to request the following information regarding the privacy of vaccine booking.
1. Do people have to have NHI to book/get the vaccine?
2. As we know, some vaccination centres refuse to vaccinate persons who have no NHI. Could you confirm it is the case? and the reason.
3. As the government announced, every person can get the vaccine. Does it include the overstayers who have no NHI? or persons are not willingly to get the NHI?
4. If overstayers need to have NHI to be vaccinated, what information will be collected, and what other government agencies will get such information?
5. On your privacy statement, it states that "Fraudulent bookings: Information may be shared with other agencies where we have reason to believe that a fraudulent booking has been made, or where one person attempts to use the identity of another person."  
What information will be shared? to which agencies?
6.If overstayers make booking with alias, will you consider these as fraudulent bookings?
7. As questions 5 and 6, how the government assure the vaccination campaign can cover everyone?
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
John
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    Kia ora John,
 
Thank you for your request for official information received on 20 August
 2021 for:
 
"1. Do people have to have NHI to book/get the vaccine?
 2. As we know, some vaccination centres refuse to vaccinate persons who
 have no NHI. Could you confirm it is the case? and the reason.
 3. As the government announced, every person can get the vaccine. Does it
 include the overstayers who have no NHI? or persons are not willingly to
 get the NHI?
 4. If overstayers need to have NHI to be vaccinated, what information will
 be collected, and what other government agencies will get such
 information?
 5. On your privacy statement, it states that "Fraudulent bookings:
 Information may be shared with other agencies where we have reason to
 believe that a fraudulent booking has been made, or where one person
 attempts to use the identity of another person."
 What information will be shared? to which agencies?
 6.If overstayers make booking with alias, will you consider these as
 fraudulent bookings?
 7. As questions 5 and 6, how the government assure the vaccination
 campaign can cover everyone?”
 
The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H202110795.
 
As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Ministry will
 endeavour to respond to your request no later than 17 September 2021,
 being 20 working days after the day your request was received.
 
Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic response, the Ministry is experiencing
 significantly higher volumes of queries and requests for information. This
 means we may take some time in responding to your request. If we are
 unable to respond to your request within this time frame, we will notify
 you of an extension of that time frame.
 
If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
 get in touch.
 
Ngâ mihi
 
OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [1][email address]
 
 
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    Kia ora John
 
Please find attached a response to your request for official information.
 
Kind regards
 
OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [1][email address]
 
 
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