1 February 2011

A woman requested access to the late mother's health information. Three agencies refused to provide the information with the other executor's authority.

1 February 2011

A man received final demand letters from a credit agency about a tenancy debt that he did not owe.

1 February 2011

A man applied for a job in a government department. The man was unsuccessful and made a request for personal information regarding his application.

1 February 2011

A man visited a bar where he was asked by the doorman to produce identification which was scanned.

1 February 2010

The complainant applied for a job, and gave permission for her former manager to be contacted for a reference.

1 February 2010

A man complained that when he placed a bid on an auction for a firearm on the Trade Me website he was required to enter his firearms licence number.

1 February 2010

A woman requested a copy of the responses she had given to a market research company as part of a phone survey.

1 February 2010

A woman resigned from her job and took a personal grievance against her former employer. The employer posted a copy of the personal grievance on its website.

1 February 2010

A man applied to a credit reporter for his credit report. Receiving the report, he was shocked to find an enquiry on it from a private investigation firm.

1 February 2010

A polytechnic course that taught English gave students a paper which contained a photograph of a woman with lines of text beneath.