Emails regarding Births, Deaths and Marriages Act

C Montague made this Official Information request to Privacy Commissioner

The request was partially successful.

From: C Montague

Dear Privacy Commissioner,

I request all emails to and from your office from 1 January 2018 to 28 February 2019 that mention the Births, Deaths, Marriages and Relationships Registration Bill and/or Act.

I request all emails to and from media outlet The Spinoff from 1 January 2018 to 28 February 2019, or emails that mention The Spinoff.

I would like to see copies of all analysis your office has completed regarding the self-identification clauses introduced August 15 2018 in the BDMRRB. In particular, I would like to see copies of all analysis that look at the impact of self-declared sex changes on the privacy of women and girls (as privacy is a grounds for sex-segregated spaces in the Human Rights Act 1993).

I would like to see a copy of any social media policies and conflict of interest policies the Privacy Commissioner is expected to abide by.

Ngā mihi,

C Montague

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From: Sharyn Leonard
Privacy Commissioner


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Kia ora

 

We are currently processing your OIA request and wanted to clarify the
first part of your request as it covers a significant amount of
information which may not be relevant to the information you are seeking. 
You have requested “all emails to and from your office from 1 January 2018
to 28 February 2019 that mention the Births, Deaths, Marriages and
Relationships Registration Bill and/or Act.”   By including the reference
to the Act this significantly widens the scope of your request.

 

For context, our Office handles many pieces of work relating to the
Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act. This
includes:

o consultation on information-sharing programmes between the Department
of Internal Affairs and other government agencies;
o requests from private-sector third parties to receive authorisation to
access DIA Registers such as the death register;
o various statutory consultations;
o enquiries from individuals.

 

Can you please confirm whether or not you would like to refine the scope
of your request so that we can provide you with the relevant information
you seek?

 

Regards

 

 

Sharyn

 

Sharyn Leonard

Secretary, Communications and Litigation

 

Office of the Privacy Commissioner  Te Mana Mâtâpono Matatapu
PO Box 10094, The Terrace, Wellington 6143

Level 8, 109 Featherston Street, Wellington, New Zealand

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Thank you.

 

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From: C Montague

Thanks Sharyn,

I would be happy to refine my request to be about any communications regarding the Births, Deaths and Marriages Bill/Act and personal sex self-identification (also known as sex self-declaration and self-ID).

Thank you very much,
C Montague

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From: Sharyn Leonard
Privacy Commissioner


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Kia ora,

 

We are currently processing your OIA request and wanted to clarify the
second part of your request as it covers a significant amount of 
information which may not be relevant to the information you are seeking. 
You have requested “all emails to and from media outlet The Spinoff from 1
January 2018 to 28 February 2019, or emails that mention The Spinoff.”  
By including the request for emails that mention the Spinoff, this
significantly widens the scope of the request.

 

For context, our Office is likely to hold many emails that mention
articles appearing on The Spinoff during that time period, which
predominantly include those referring to articles of generalist privacy
interests (e.g. articles examining the use of a medical AI tool), or
articles of broader interest within the office.

 

Can you please confirm whether or not you would like to refine the scope 
of your request so that we can provide you with the relevant information 
you seek?

 

Regards

 

 

 

Sharyn

 

 

Sharyn Leonard

Secretary, Communications and Litigation

 

Office of the Privacy Commissioner  Te Mana Mâtâpono Matatapu
PO Box 10094, The Terrace, Wellington 6143

Level 8, 109 Featherston Street, Wellington, New Zealand

E    [1][email address]

privacy.org.nz 

 

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Please treat the contents of this message as private and confidential.
Thank you.

 

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From: Sharyn Leonard
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Good afternoon

 

This is to advise that we are having difficulty sending the response to
your OIA as we have an issue with email security.  We will send the
response through tomorrow as soon as possible.  Thank you for your
patience.

 

Regards

 

 

 

Sharyn

 

Sharyn Leonard

Secretary, Communications and Litigation

 

Office of the Privacy Commissioner  Te Mana Mātāpono Matatapu
PO Box 10094, The Terrace, Wellington 6143

Level 8, 109 Featherston Street, Wellington, New Zealand

E    [1][email address]

privacy.org.nz 

 

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Privacy is about protecting personal information, yours and others. To
find out how, and to stay informed, [3]subscribe to our newsletter
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question? [6]AskUs

 

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sender immediately and delete this message along with any attachments. 
Please treat the contents of this message as private and confidential.
Thank you.

 

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Privacy Commissioner


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Good afternoon

 

Please find attached the Office of the Privacy Commissioner’s response to
your official information request.   As explained, we had some email
security issues which we believe have now been sorted.

 

 

Regards

 

 

 

Sharyn

 

Sharyn Leonard

Secretary, Communications and Litigation

 

Office of the Privacy Commissioner  Te Mana Mâtâpono Matatapu
PO Box 10094, The Terrace, Wellington 6143

Level 8, 109 Featherston Street, Wellington, New Zealand

E    [1][email address]

privacy.org.nz 

 

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Privacy is about protecting personal information, yours and others. To
find out how, and to stay informed, [3]subscribe to our newsletter
or follow us online. [4]Description: Description: Description: Small
facebook icon [5]Description: twitter-bird-blue-on-whiteHave a privacy
question? [6]AskUs

 

Caution: If you have received this message in error please notify the
sender immediately and delete this message along with any attachments. 
Please treat the contents of this message as private and confidential.
Thank you.

 

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