Ref: 1819-1031

 

Dear Mr Young

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 11 January 2019 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

1. A copy of MBIE's policy on the use of social media in investigations,
and if this varies by business group or branch, please supply a copy of
the policy for each business group or branch which has one.

 

2. A breakdown of the number of staff who have received social media
training by business group and branch, along with the reason for such
training.

 

3. Whether private and / or "friends only" information is being harvested,
what that information is, and whether warrants are sought for doing so.

 

Please note that the days from 25 December 2018 to 15 January 2019
(inclusive) are defined as non- working days in the Act and are not
counted in the calculation for the response due date. This will affect the
time period for responding to your request.

 

Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and a response
will be sent to you in due course. If you have any enquiries regarding
your request feel free to contact us via email [MBIE request email] or using
the contact details below.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

Alan Witcombe

MANAGER, MINISTERIAL SERVICES

 

Corporate, Governance and Information

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Level 4, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Young [mailto:[FOI #9378 email]]
Sent: Friday, 11 January 2019 2:09 p.m.
To: *OIA
Subject: Official Information request - MBIE's social media training
policy, breakdown of staff given training by branch, and extent of
information havested

 

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

 

Under the Official Information Act, I request the following:

 

1. A copy of MBIE's policy on the use of social media in investigations,
and if this varies by business group or branch, please supply a copy of
the policy for each business group or branch which has one.

 

2. A breakdown of the number of staff who have received social media
training by business group and branch, along with the reason for such
training.

 

3. Whether private and / or "friends only" information is being harvested,
what that information is, and whether warrants are sought for doing so.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Nick Young

 

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Please find attached correspondence regarding your request.

 

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Kind regards

 

 

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Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

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