Dear Auckland Transport,

This is a request for official information under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.
I am requesting information regarding the scheme that uses vehicles equipped with Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras for parking enforcement (commonly referred to as "camera cars").
To assist with the processing of this request, I have broken it down into specific questions:
1. Authorising Documents and Decisions:
Please provide copies of the formal documents that authorised the implementation and rollout of the ANPR parking enforcement scheme. This includes, but is not limited to:
a) The minutes of any Council or Auckland Transport board meetings where the decision to approve the scheme was made.
b) The final version of any business case, proposal, or options analysis paper that was presented to decision-makers.
2. Legal and Privacy Advice:
Please provide copies of any legal advice, privacy impact assessments (PIAs), or similar advisory documents that were commissioned or created to assess the legality and privacy implications of the ANPR scheme before its implementation.
3. Operational Policies and Procedures:
Please provide the current operational policy, procedure, or training documents that govern:
a) How the ANPR system identifies and flags a potential parking infringement.
b) The process for human review of a flagged infringement before an infringement notice is issued.
c) The criteria an operator or reviewer uses to confirm or dismiss a machine-flagged event.
4. Data Handling and Retention:
Please provide the specific policy or documentation that outlines:
a) The retention period for ANPR data for vehicles that are not flagged for an infringement.
b) The retention period for ANPR data and associated images for vehicles that are issued an infringement notice.
c) A list of all third-party organisations or vendors who have access to the raw or processed ANPR data, and a copy of the data-sharing agreement or relevant privacy clauses in the contract with the primary vendor.
5. Statutory Authority:
Please identify the specific section(s) of the Land Transport Act 1998 or other relevant legislation that provides the statutory authority for an automated camera system to be the basis for issuing a parking infringement notice, particularly in relation to any requirement for an infringement to be issued by an "authorised officer" or "parking warden."
I request that this information be provided in a digital format.
If any part of this request is to be refused, please provide the specific grounds for refusal under LGOIMA and, as required by the Act, consider whether releasing a summary or an excerpt of the information is possible.
This request is made in the public interest to understand the legal and privacy framework of automated enforcement technologies being deployed in public spaces.

Yours faithfully,

Charlie Drummond