Kia ora Cody,

 

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Ngā mihi

 

OIA Services

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Ministry of Health

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-----Original Message-----
From: Cody C <[FOI #17287 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 20 October 2021 10:52 pm
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Valentina cyber security breaches

 

Dear Ministry of Health,

 

I understand that a number of Valentia technologies have had cyber
security issues / breaches or otherwise lapses and that the Minister is
aware of this matter, yet has not commented publicly on this.

 

1) Please supply all documents and correspondence with Valentina regarding
these breaches.

 

2) Is the Ministry providing any API connectivity or other data products
to Valentia? If so, why given that the products are understood to be
vulnerable? If not, when did this stop and why?

 

3) Has the Ministry, or Valentia (to your knowledge), notified the Privacy
Commissioner of any breaches related to Valentia technologies?

 

4) What did the Minister know?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Cody C

 

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Kia ora Cody

 

Please find attached a letter regarding your request for information.

 

Ngā mihi

 

OIA Services Team

 

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Kia ora Cody

 

As the information you have requested is more closely connected with the
functions of the Minister of Health, part of your Official Information Act
request has been transferred to this office for response. Thank you for
your request, received by this office 1 November 2021.

 

You requested:

 

“I understand that a number of Valentia technologies have had cyber
security issues / breaches or otherwise lapses and that the Minister is
aware of this matter, yet has not commented publicly on this.

1) Please supply all documents and correspondence with Valentina regarding
these breaches.

 

2) Is the Ministry providing any API connectivity or other data products
to Valentia? If so, why given that the products are understood to be
vulnerable? If not, when did this stop and why?

 

3) Has the Ministry, or Valentia (to your knowledge), notified the Privacy
Commissioner of any breaches related to Valentia technologies?

 

4) What did the Minister know?”

 

Please note that from the above request, only the highlighted section
(part 4) has been transferred to this office for response.

 

Pursuant to section 15 (1) of the Act we will endeavour to respond to your
request as soon as possible, and no later than 29 November 2021 being 20
working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to
respond to your request within this timeframe, we will notify you of an
extension of that timeframe.

 

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.

 

Ngâ mihi nui

 

Steph Harding
Private Secretary (Health)

 

Office of Hon Andrew Little MP, Minister of Health, Lead Coordination
Minister for the Government’s Response to The Royal Commission’s Report
into the Terrorist Attack on the Christchurch Mosques, Minister for Treaty
of Waitangi Negotiations, Minister Responsible for the NZSIS, Minister
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Please find attached a letter regarding your request for information.

 

Ngā mihi

 

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Kia ora Cody

 

Please find attached a response to your request for official information
from Hon Andrew Little, Minister of Health.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Steph Harding
Private Secretary (Health)

 

Office of Hon Andrew Little MP, Minister of Health, Lead Coordination
Minister for the Government’s Response to The Royal Commission’s Report
into the Terrorist Attack on the Christchurch Mosques, Minister for Treaty
of Waitangi Negotiations, Minister Responsible for the NZSIS, Minister
Responsible for the GCSB, Minister Responsible for Pike River Re-entry
Reception +64 4 817 8707 | Ministerial Email
[1][email address] | Web [2]beehive.govt.nz | Postal Freepost
Parliament, Private Bag 18 041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New
Zealand

[3]https://xink.io/wp-content/themes/Xink/a...

Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers’
portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or
constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list:
date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the
meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the
Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will
be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet
with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be
released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a
private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the
provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy
considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a
copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to
be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of
your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the
release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the
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Authorised by Hon Andrew Little MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160,
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