Motor vehicle register access - potential breach of Gazette authorisation - Wilson Parking / Parking Enforcement Services
Cody C made this Official Information request to New Zealand Transport Agency
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From: Cody C
Dear New Zealand Transport Agency,
Please treat this as an Official Information Act request. For the purposes of the Act, I am a New Zealand citizen and ordinarily residing in New Zealand at the time of making this request. You generally have 20 working days to respond to this notice, as required by law. Your response will be published publicly on the fyi.org.nz website.
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I am writing in reference to the Gazette (dated 29 September 2011), wherein authorisation to access the Motor Vehicle Register is granted to Wilson Parking New Zealand Limited. I will treat refer herein to the company collectively as Wilson, including its sub companies:
Wilson Security New Zealand Limited
Wilson Princes Wharf One Limited
Wilson Princes Wharf Two Limited
Wilson Princes Wharf Three Limited
Wilson Princes Wharf Four Limited
Wilson Princes Wharf Five Limited
Wilson AA Limited
Tournament Railways Limited
Victoria Street Parking Centre Limited
First Security Guard Services Limited
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1. A time period is mentioned for the grant of access to Wilson ("[..] to 30 April 2016"). Has this timeframe been exceeded or a new authorisation given? Please provide the newest Gazette where this is mentioned if a new authorisation has been given. I could not locate it (https://gazette.govt.nz/home/NoticeSearc...).
2. A number of conditions are imposed in the authorisation, such as:
(a) The names and addresses are accessed only by Wilson Parking New Zealand Limited on its own behalf and solely for its own use;
(b) The names and addresses are accessed only for a specified purpose;
(g) The names and addresses obtained under this authorisation shall not be disclosed to any third party unless such disclosure is necessarily incidental to achieving a specified purpose.
It has come to my attention that Wilson may have, on a substantial number of occasions, disclosed information gained from the MVR to a third-party company (Parking Enforcement Services Limited) for the purposes of "debt collection", or similar.
Given that "debt collection", or similar, are not mentioned as a specified purpose (section B) and that the information is provided to a third-party company which is not listed as a subsidiary company of Wilson (section A) this would seem to contravene section C of the conditions.
Given this information, can you please confirm that NZTA believes that Wilson is or is not complying with their obligations under the Gazette authorisation? Noting that under section D "any identified instances of unauthorised access are immediately notified to the Secretary for Transport and the Privacy Commissioner".
Yours faithfully,
Cody C
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From: Cody C
Dear New Zealand Transport Agency,
Please discontinue the second half of my request. I have located information to resolve this.
I would still like a reply to the first part of my request.
Yours faithfully,
Cody C
From: Official Correspondence
New Zealand Transport Agency
Dear Cody
This email acknowledges your below request made under the Official
Information Act 1982 for information. It also acknowledges your further
correspondence discontinuing the second half of your request.
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Dear Cody,
Please find attached the response to your request for information under
the Official Information Act 1982 of 7 April 2017.
Regards
Official Correspondence Unit
Office of the Chief Executive
National Office / Victoria Arcade, 50 Victoria Street,
Private Bag 6995, Wellington 6141, New Zealand
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From: Cody C
Dear Official Correspondence,
Can you please confirm under what legislation that this exemption was granted?
Yours sincerely,
Cody C
From: Cody C
Dear Official Correspondence,
Please confirm receipt of my amended request.
Yours sincerely,
Cody C
From: Official Correspondence
New Zealand Transport Agency
Dear Cody,
Thank you for your follow-up email in regards to your Official Information
Act request of 7 April 2017.
The authorisation for Wilson Parking New Zealand Limited to access the
Motor Vehicle Register is continued under section 241 of the Land
Transport Act 1998.
We hope that this answers your question.
Kind Regards,
Official Correspondence Unit
Office of the Chief Executive
National Office / Victoria Arcade, 50 Victoria Street,
Private Bag 6995, Wellington 6141, New Zealand
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