Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 08:23:23 +0000
Subject: Official Information request - Mobile phone tracking by Data Ventures
From: Paul Jones <[FYI request #16538 email]>
To: OIA <[Privacy Commissioner request email]>

Dear Privacy Commissioner,

With reference to the following article about Data Ventures working with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for producing statistics on the publics movement during Covid lockdown by tracking mobile phone data.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/126201176/covid19-data-reveals-how-lockdown-changes-the-way-we-move

Under the Official Information Act please provide the documents and communications with Data Ventures discussing;

1) The method of how the mobile phone location data is collected,
2) How the collected data is anonymised.

Yours faithfully,

Paul Jones

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