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 took out a loan with a finance company. His mother agreed to be guarantor for the loan.

1 February 2010

A woman requested a copy of an email about her which had been sent by a council's senior management to staff. The council refused the request.

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 woman incurred a small debt which was transferred to a debt collector due to her failure to pay it by a certain time.

1 February 2009

A woman submitted a hardship application to the MSD in relation to a debt she owed to the Ministry. MSD requested all her financial information from her bank.

1 February 2009

A woman was voluntarily admitted as a mental health patient. The hospital posted her discharge notes in an envelope stamped 'Mental Health Inpatient Unit'.

1 February 2009

A woman was engaged in an argument with a district council. She spoke to the local newspaper about the dispute, and the newspaper then published an article.