133 Molesworth Street
PO Box 5013
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
T+64 4 496 2000
29 October 2021
Cody C
By email:
[FYI request #17287 email]
Ref:
H202114757
Tēnā koe Cody
Partial transfer of your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) on 20 October 2021
for information related to Valentia Technologies. Part of your request asks:
“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. 4) What did the Minister know?”
This part of your request is more closely connected with the functions of the Office of the
Minister of Health, Hon Andrew Lit le. For this reason, I have decided to partially transfer this
part to the Minister under section 14(b)(i ) of the Act. You can expect a response to this part of
your request from the Of ice of the Minister of Health in due course.
Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review any
decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be contacted by email at:
[email address] or by calling 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Nick Allan
Manager OIA Services
Office of the Director-General
Copy of OIA request:
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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