Search Results

1. Family Court rewrite submission: Northern Specialist Report Writers [pdf, 495 KB]

   ...consultation e.g. an upcoming court date for which there is no discussion. (ii) The issue of release of our notes and the management of the data we collect. We do not ever collect data on one person so the release of any of our material means that privacy may be breached, including the child’s privacy. It may put people and children at risk. We would refer to the Paper provided by Dr Blackwell which outlines our professional opinion, again ignored. (iii) confusion in the...

2. Taylor v Corrections (Costs) [2022] NZHRRT 45 [pdf, 97 KB]

   Reference No. HRRT 010/2015 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 2020 BETWEEN ARTHUR WILLIAM TAYLOR PLAINTIFF AND DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Ms SJ Eyre, Chairperson Ms L Ashworth, Member Ms NJ Baird, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr AW Taylor in person Mr D Jones for defendant DATE OF HEARING: Heard on the papers DATE OF SUBSTANTIVE DECISION: 20 October 2020 DATE OF DECISION OF COSTS: 24 November 2022 DECISION OF...

3. Employment-Court-Judge-EOI [docx, 40 KB]

   ...address it to: The Attorney-General’s Judicial Appointments Unit SX 10088 WELLINGTON Ph: +64 4 918 8800 – Ask to speak to someone in the Statutory Appointments Unit Email judicialappointments@justice.govt.nz Information provided pursuant to the Privacy Act 2020 Under the terms of the Privacy Act 2020, we are required to inform you that: The information you have provided is being collected for the purpose of filling a position as a Judge of the Employment Court and is needed to assess y...

4. Dunn v Accident Compensation Corporation (Strike out) [2024] NZHRRT 41 [pdf, 238 KB]

   ...and the action alleged to be victimisation of that person. [36] The interpretation of s 66(1)(a)(v) was also considered by the High Court in Fehling v Appleby.16 In that case, Mr Fehling alleged there had been victimisation of him under the Privacy Act 1993 and that, by reason of s 89 of the Privacy Act, the victimisation provisions under the HRA were engaged.17 That decision makes clear that the exercise of rights or the taking of actions must be under or by reference to the HRA...

5. Annex to Regulatory Impact Statement: Extending automatic name suppression for complainants where crimes are of a sexual nature [pdf, 269 KB]

   ...be filed on behalf of complainants. In September 2024, Dr Kim McGregor, the Chief Victims Advisor, wrote to the Minister of Justice about this case and the wider issue. She advised the lack of automatic name 1 Stuff Limited. August 2024. ‘Privacy ripped away’: Secret bathroom recording survivor feared being identified. https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350369163/privacy-ripped-away-secret-bathroom-recording-survivor-feared- being-identified; New Zealand Police. July 2024. Police la...

6. OIA-118918.pdf [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...of the appointment letter sent to the previous appointee…” A copy of an example letter of appointment is attached to this letter as document 1 and released to you with some information withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Act to protect the privacy of natural persons. 4. “…do you issue warrant card to the Community Magistrates, if so, an example of the warrant card would be much appreciated.” Warrants are issued to people appointed as Community Magistrates. A copy of an...

7. BORA Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Bill [pdf, 320 KB]

   ...seizures that are “unreasonable” in the circumstances. A request for information or documents constitutes a search for the purposes of s 21 of the Bill of Rights Act. [2] 11. The Court of Appeal has said that the main aim of s 21 is to protect privacy interests: “It is only where a person's reasonable expectations of privacy have been breached that a personal remedy under the Bill of Rights ... is available. The reasonable expectation of privacy enjoyed by a person is to be...

8. Maritime Powers Bill [pdf, 151 KB]

   ...9. Section 21 of the Bill of Rights Act affirms that everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure, whether of the person, property, correspondence or otherwise. The right protects a number of values including personal privacy, dignity, and property.2 10. Ordinarily a provision found to limit a particular right or freedom may nevertheless be consistent with the Bill of Rights Act if it can be considered reasonably justified in terms of s 5 of that Act. Howev...

9. [2021] NZACC v Jones (5 August 2021) [pdf, 192 KB]

   ...claim file, Mr Jones relies upon the decision of the HRRT in Vivash v Accident Compensation Corporation. In that case the HRRT considered whether the Corporation’s destruction of Mr Vivash’s physical claim file was a breach of Information Privacy Principle 5 (IPP5) of the Privacy Act 1993 entitling Mr Vivash to relief under that Act. The HRRT determined that the destruction of a physical claim file, even if in line with the Corporation’s internal document destruction policy, c...

10. BORA Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Bill [pdf, 313 KB]

    ...through the warrant process. AML/CFT supervisor's powers 9. Powers of inspection of information in order to check that commercial activities are compliant with a regulatory scheme are generally regarded as reasonable[3]. There is a limited privacy interest in information produced during the ordinary course of a regulated commercial activity [4]. Accordingly, any privacy interest in the information is outweighed by the State's interest in the provision of that information in t...