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 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.

1 February 2009

A man asked a government agency for the information it held about him, particularly legally privileged documents and copies of complaints made about him.

1 February 2009

A man discovered that Police had been informed that he had assaulted a young woman. Police had noted the information on its National Intelligence Application.

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 man took his computer to a computer company for repair. The company advised him that it would have to copy his hard drive to determine the problem.

1 February 2009

A man complained that Secondhand Dealers' licences contain a holder's DOB. The man was concerned that publicly displaying this information was a privacy breach.

1 February 2009

A man became estranged from his sister and, ultimately, found himself in a financial dispute with her.

1 February 2009

Following the death of a GP, the medical files of his patients went into storage along with the rest of his professional and personal belongings.