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
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If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
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Ngâ mihi
OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
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OIA Services
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Ministry of Health
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