Digital Contact Tracing Usage Statistics - October 2021
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From: Andrew Chen
Dear Ministry of Health,
In Parliamentary Written Question 38175, the Minister for COVID-19 Response provided a table of Bluetooth key uploads and alerts generated between 17 August and 1 September 2021.
In OIA H202114061, the Ministry of Health provided updated data up to 1 October.
I would like to request an updated table that contains:
a) the number of Bluetooth key uploads and alerts generated
b) the number of QR code GLN uploads and alerts generated
c) the number of locations that NZ COVID Trace alerts were issued for
for each day between 1 October and 31 October 2021 please.
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Chen
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Kia ora Andrew,
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From: Andrew Chen <[FOI #17414 email]>
Sent: Monday, 1 November 2021 8:11 am
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Digital Contact Tracing Usage
Statistics - October 2021
Dear Ministry of Health,
In Parliamentary Written Question 38175, the Minister for COVID-19
Response provided a table of Bluetooth key uploads and alerts generated
between 17 August and 1 September 2021.
In OIA H202114061, the Ministry of Health provided updated data up to 1
October.
I would like to request an updated table that contains:
a) the number of Bluetooth key uploads and alerts generated
b) the number of QR code GLN uploads and alerts generated
c) the number of locations that NZ COVID Trace alerts were issued for
for each day between 1 October and 31 October 2021 please.
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Chen
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victor left an annotation ()
There was a comment removed from this thread. Why ?
Digital contact tracing is a danger to society as is being witnessed by current events in NZ and attempts to drive segregation and discrimination into all levels and facets of life.
Andrew Chen is a vocal and frequently quoted name in the NZ media with an enthusiasm for tacking and tracing human activity and the digital infrastructure which is providing public funding into private enterprise to deliver on.
Notifying of facts such as this information for others to be aware of is appropriate given the numerous requests made for the data sets by Andrew Chen.
Someone took issue with the post which included the words 'privacy and ethical' being used.
And the comment was removed after the post was reported.
From: OIA Requests
Kia ora Andrew,
Thank you for your request for official information, received on 1
November 2021 for:
“In Parliamentary Written Question 38175, the Minister for COVID-19
Response provided a table of Bluetooth key uploads and alerts generated
between 17 August and 1 September 2021.
In OIA H202114061, the Ministry of Health provided updated data up to 1
October.
I would like to request an updated table that contains:
a) the number of Bluetooth key uploads and alerts generated
b) the number of QR code GLN uploads and alerts generated
c) the number of locations that NZ COVID Trace alerts were issued for
each day between 1 October and 31 October 2021 please.”
The Ministry of Health has decided to extend the period of time available
to respond to your request under section 15A of the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act) as further collation is required.
You can now expect a response to your request on, or before, 13 December
2021.
You have the right, under section 28 of the Act, to ask the Ombudsman to
review my decision to extend the time available to respond to your
request.
Ngâ mihi
OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
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Kia ora Andrew
Please find attached a letter regarding your request for information.
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From: Andrew Chen
Kia ora,
Thank you for your response - was the reply missing an attachment? I can only see the letter but not the attachments that the letter refers to.
Yours sincerely,
Andrew Chen
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Kia ora,
Thank you for your Official Information Act (the Act) request. This is
an automatic reply to let you know we received it.
Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic response, the Ministry is experiencing
significantly higher volumes of queries and requests for information. We
will endeavour to acknowledge your request as soon as possible. Further
information about COVID-19 can be found on our
website: [1]https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/dise...
Please be advised that due dates for requests received from 29 November
2021 onwards take into account the following periods:
Christmas (25 December 2021)
Summer Holidays (25 December to 15 January)
New Year's Day (1 January 2022)
Day after News Year's Day (2 January 2022)
If you'd like to calculate the due date for your request, you can use the
Ombudsman's online calculator here: [2]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/
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us know via [3][email address]
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Kia ora Andrew
Our apologies for this. Please find attached the correct version of the response letter.
Please disregard the initial response provided to you.
Ngā mihi
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www.health.govt.nz
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Unite against COVID-19
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Chen <[FYI request #17414 email]>
Sent: Monday, 13 December 2021 7:56 pm
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Response to your request for information, H202115278
Kia ora,
Thank you for your response - was the reply missing an attachment? I can only see the letter but not the attachments that the letter refers to.
Yours sincerely,
Andrew Chen
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Kia ora Andrew
Please find attached a letter regarding your request for information.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team
[1]www.health.govt.nz
[2]Ministry of Health information releases
[3]Unite against COVID-19
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