Dear New Zealand Transport Agency,

This is a request for official information under the Official Information Act 1982. I am requesting information about the process for disclosing information from the Motor Vehicle Register to private entities for the purpose of enforcing parking rules on private land.

1. Authorised Access Criteria: Please provide the current criteria, policy, or checklist that Waka Kotahi uses to determine if a private company is granted "authorised access" to the Motor Vehicle Register for this purpose.

2. List of Authorised Entities: Please provide a current list of all private companies that are authorised to access the Motor Vehicle Register for the purpose of private parking enforcement.

3. Auditing and Compliance: Please provide any documents detailing the process by which Waka Kotahi audits these authorised companies to ensure they are using the data only for its intended purpose and are complying with the terms of their authorisation and the Privacy Act. Please include the number of audits conducted in the last 24 months and a summary of any non-compliance found.

4. Complaints Process: Please provide information on the process for a member of the public to lodge a complaint about a company's use of this authorised access. Please also provide the number of complaints received in the last 24 months and a summary of their outcomes.

5. Revocation of Access: Please state the criteria and process for revoking a company's authorised access. Please state how many companies have had their access revoked in the last 5 years.

This request is made in the public interest to understand the government's role in enabling the private parking enforcement industry and the safeguards in place to protect New Zealanders' personal information.

Yours faithfully,

Charlie Drummond

Dear Official Correspondence,

Where you don't have access to complaints data you may state that in your final response.

Please try your best to fulfill the original request.

Given that this is a partial reduction in scope of the original request pease do not interpret this as a change to the original request, and maintain the original timeline.

Yours sincerely,

Charlie Drummond