Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

I would like to make an OIA request regarding the use of data analytics such as predictive coding or equivalent.

1. Do governmental organisations use data analytics?
2. What percentage of governmental organisations use data analytics to organise and review data?
3. Who are the governmental organisations that use data analytics to organise and review data?

Yours faithfully,

Elijah

Dear Mr Anderson,

Thanks for the prompt reply.

The focus of my OIA request is on data analytics software. It means software that ranks or prioritises documents based on a human reviewed sample set.

This form of data analytics is also known as document prioritisation technology, predictive coding, or technology-assisted review. It is used in civil discovery to expedite the production of relevant documents.

To clarify further, I refer to the definition under Part 3, Schedule 9 of the High Court Rules. The provision provides that: "document prioritisation technology (predictive coding) means technology that analyses the decisions of a human review of a sample set of documents. The software then prioritises/ranks the remainder of documents based on the decisions made on the sample documents, which allows the most relevant documents to be identified first".

I hope this limits the focus of the OIA request. In the meantime, if you have further questions, please feel free to get in touch.

I look forward to hear from you soon.

Yours sincerely,

Elijah