Office of the Privacy Commissioner
PO Box 10094, The Terrace, Wellington 6143
Level 11, 215 Lambton Quay
Wellington, New Zealand
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0800 803 909 Enquiries
privacy.org.nz
16 October 2024
Miss W Forest
By email only to: [FYI request #28597 email]
Tēnā koe
Official Information Act Request (Our Ref: OIA/0400)
We refer to your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request received on 1 October 2024.
You request:
From either the last financial year or calendar year which ever is easiest for you;
1. Please provide the total number of enquiries or complaints otherwise made where
either the Ministry of Social Development or the Minister of Social Development ("MSD")
has been the respondent.
2. If you hold category information - sub-categorise the totals to their categories if any
3. If you hold status information - sub-categorise the totals with their statuses if any
In the last financial year (2023/24), the Of ice of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) received
four complaints where the Ministry of Social Development was the respondent. We received
no complaints where the Minister of Social Development was the respondent.
Please note this number excludes complaints that we have dealt with as ‘Fast Resolve
Complaints.’
These are complaints dealt with without investigation and were introduced in the
2022/23 financial year (i.e. from 1 July 2022).
The complaints relate to Information Privacy Principle 6 (three complaints), Information
Privacy Principle 8 (one complaint), and Information Privacy Principle 11 (one complaint). We
note that a complaint can relate to more than one issue. The status of all four complaints is
active.
If you are not satisfied with my response to your request, you have the right to ask the
Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision under section 28 of the OIA.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Liz MacPherson
Deputy Privacy Commissioner
OIA/0400/A1019015