Office of the Privacy Commissioner
PO Box 10094, The Terrace, Wel ington 6143
Level 11, 215 Lambton Quay
Wellington, New Zealand
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0800 803 909 Enquiries
privacy.org.nz
28 March 2023
Sunset Flowers
By email only to:
[FYI request #22211 email]
Tēnā koe
Official Information Act Request (Our Ref: OIA/0271)
We refer to your Official Information Act request of 22 March 2023.
You request:
Does the Office of the Privacy Commissioner have any relationship with a person
named Dawn Swan?
The background for this request is that we have received a PDF document from your
office, dated to the 17th of March, 2023, which lists "Dawn Swan" as the author in its
metadata. However, in a response to our earlier request regarding this name, you have
confirmed that this person is not employed by your office.
As advised previously, we do not currently employ a person named Dawn Swan. The
relationship that the Of ice of the Privacy Commissioner has with Dawn Swan is that she has
worked for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner in the past.
The reason for Dawn Swan showing in the metadata to which you refer is that she is the
original creator of the document template used to create the letter. The original creator is
retained in the metadata whenever that document template is used.
We hope this clears up any confusion.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Liz MacPherson
Deputy Privacy Commissioner
OIA/0271/A845879