DEPARTMENT OF THE
PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET
TE TARI O T E PIRIMIA ME TE KOMITI MA TUA
24 December 2021
Thomas Beagle
Chairperson
New Zealand Council of Civil Liberties
fyi-request-16693-398e2a6f@requests. fyi. org. nz
Ref: OIA-2021 /22-0261
Dear Thomas Beagle
Official Information Act request relating to contact tracing information
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request received on 10 September
2021. You requested:
a) "Consideration of, advice on, or responses to communications received from
third parties about statutory limitations on the use of contact record information
provided by members of the public to a
workplace; and
b) Advice to Ministers or senior officials since 1 January 2021 about mandating the
provision and collection of contact information from members of the public when
they visit a
workplace; and
c) Advice to Ministers or senior officials since 1 January 2021 on limitations on the
use of contact record information provided by members of the public to a
workplace; and
d) Advice to Ministers or senior officials since 1 March 2020 on privacy protection
for contact record information provided by mEimbers of the public to a
workplace; and
e) Advice to Ministers or senior officials since 1 March 2020 on police, intelligence
and security agency, or public seNice department access to information
provided by the public to organisations undertaking contact tracing for Covid-19
public health purposes; and
f) All advice on the retention and disposal of contact records by workplaces since
1 January 2021 that informed the drafting of clause 11 (2) of the Order."
On 8 October 2021, the time limits for responding to your request were extended by an
additional 30 working days because your request necessitated searching though a large
quantity of information and consultations were needed before a decision could be made on
your request. Following this extension, I am now in a position to respond.
I understand that you have also sent this request to the Ministry of Health, therefore I refer
you to that agencies response for any information held by that anency.
I am releasing to you the following documents, subject to redactions under the Act:
Item
Date
Document Description
Decision
1.
11/08/2021
Cabinet paper: Mandatory Face Coverings S9(2)(f)(iv);
and Record Keeping for Contact Tracing S9(2)(g)(i); and
Purposes
S9(2)(h).
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