13 February 2024
Sarah Brodrick
Tēnā koe Sarah Brodrick
Official Information Act request
Thank you for your FYI request of 23 January 2024, requesting the most recent
privacy policy in regards to requesting for personal information from the Ministry
of Social Development (the Ministry).
I have considered your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA).
Please find my decision on your request set out below.
Please find attached
Appendix A, which contains the most recent privacy policy
information. Please note that parts of the document “On the Radar” have been
withheld as out of scope of your request as they do not relate to privacy.
Please also find a set of useful links from the Work and Income website relating
to privacy:
•
www.workandincome.govt.nz/online-services/info/privacy.html
•
www.workandincome.govt.nz/map/legislation/guidelines/privacy-act-
2020-guidelines/requests-for-personal-information.html
•
www.workandincome.govt.nz/map/legislation/guidelines/privacy-act-
2020-guidelines/responding-to-a-request-for-personal-information.html
I will be publishing this decision letter, with your personal details deleted, on the
Ministry’s website in due course. If you wish to discuss this response with us,
please feel free to contact
[MSD request email]. If you are not satisfied with my decision on your request relating to requesting
personal information from the Ministry, you have the right to seek an
investigation and review by the Ombudsman. Information about how to make a
complaint is available a
t www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
p.p.
Magnus O’Neill
General Manager
Ministerial and Executive Services
The Aurora Centre, 56 The Terrace, PO Box 1556, Wellington
– Telephone 04-916 3300 – Facsimile 04-918 0099
