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From: Cooper O'Neil
Dear New Zealand Police,
Under the Official Information Act 1982, I respectfully request the following information relating to the New Zealand Police’s communications with and data requests to Apple Inc. (including but not limited to Apple Legal or Apple Law Enforcement Operations):
Processes and Procedures
Please provide any internal guidelines, policies, standard operating procedures, training materials, or documentation that detail the process the NZ Police follow when making legal requests to Apple for user data or other information.
Templates and Forms
Please provide any templates, forms, or boilerplate documents used when submitting requests to Apple Legal.
Correspondence and Agreements
Please provide any memoranda of understanding (MOUs), agreements, or formal correspondence between the NZ Police and Apple Inc. that outline how such legal requests are to be handled.
Statistical Information
Please provide a breakdown (by year, from 2018 to the present) of:
The number of data or information requests submitted by the NZ Police to Apple;
The nature or categories of those requests (e.g. device information, iCloud content, metadata, etc.), if available;
The number of requests that were granted, denied, or resulted in no data being returned.
Yours faithfully,
Cooper O'Neil
From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Tēnā koe Cooper
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 request below, received by Police on 27 May 2025.
Your reference number is IR-01-25-19896.
You can expect a response to your request on or before 26 June 2025 unless an extension is needed.
Ngā mihi
McCoy
Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters
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From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Tēnā koe Cooper,
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 27/05/2025.
Ngā mihi
Jonelle |Advisor: Ministerial Services
Policy and Government Relations |Police National Headquarters |
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