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We will reply to your request within the next 3 days.

Bessie Sutherland
Research Client Services Librarian
Parliamentary Information Service
Parliamentary Service, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
T: [04] 817 9647 F: [04] 817 2551
E: [Parliamentary Service request email] W: www.parliament.nz
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-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Harris [mailto:[OIA #967 email]]
Sent: Friday, 28 June 2013 3:19 p.m.
To: Parliamentary Information Service
Subject: Official Information Act request - Agreement signed for journalists to obtain parliamentary swipe card

Dear Parliamentary Service,

Firstly, I understand that you are not yet subject to the OIA.
However, I also understand that you have a policy of responding to
requests as if you were. So, I'd like to request some
information:

* the agreement signed by members of the parliamentary press
gallery to obtain a swipe card to access parliament.

I am askign because it has been revealed that parliamentary
services turned over information from a journalist's swipe
card, allowing their movements to be tracked. Questions are being
asked whether this constituted an invasion of privacy, and whether
journalists are properly warned that information is being collected
and may be used in this manner.

I would prefer to receive an electronic response. Queries about
this request will be automatically forwarded to me by the
fyi.org.nz website.

With regards to s12 of the OIA, I am an NZ citizen and in NZ.

Yours faithfully,

Alex Harris

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Dear Alex

 

As you detail in your email dated 28 June 2013, Parliamentary Service is
not subject to the Official Information Act.  

 

Kind regards

 

 

Diana Wolken

 

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Diana Wolken

Communications Manager

 

Parliamentary Service

Te Ratonga Whare Päremata

 

Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa

 

T   | Waea: [04] 817 6674

M  | Waea Pukoro: 021 406 501

E  | Imēra:  [1][email address]

W | Pae Tukutuku: [2]www.parliament.nz

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-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Harris [[3]mailto:[OIA #967 email]]
Sent: Friday, 28 June 2013 3:19 p.m.
To: Parliamentary Information Service
Subject: Official Information Act request - Agreement signed for
journalists to obtain parliamentary swipe card

     Dear Parliamentary Service,
    
     Firstly, I understand that you are not yet subject to the OIA.
     However, I also understand that you have a policy of responding to
     requests as if you were. So, I'd like to request some
     information:
    
     * the agreement signed by members of the parliamentary press
     gallery to obtain a swipe card to access parliament.
    
     I am askign because it has been revealed that parliamentary
     services turned over information from a journalist's swipe
     card, allowing their movements to be tracked. Questions are being
     asked whether this constituted an invasion of privacy, and whether
     journalists are properly warned that information is being collected
     and may be used in this manner.
    
     I would prefer to receive an electronic response. Queries about
     this request will be automatically forwarded to me by the
     fyi.org.nz website.
    
     With regards to s12 of the OIA, I am an NZ citizen and in NZ.
    
     Yours faithfully,
    
     Alex Harris
    
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     This is an OIA request done via the FYI website.
    
     Please do not send progress updates as PDF files.
    
     Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be
     published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
     [4]https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers
    
     If you find this service useful as an OIA officer, please ask your
     web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA page.

 

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