2 June 2006

A business manager applied for a personal credit card and advised the credit card company it could contact the business' pay clerk to verify salary information.

14 March 2006

A man requested access to a letter of complaint that someone had written to an industry association about him.

1 February 2006

Following an employment dispute, a woman requested access to personal information held by her former employer.

1 February 2006

A PhD student requested access to the email correspondence that had taken place between the examiners of her thesis.

1 February 2006

The complainant used to work for a university. He complained a former co-worker had disclosed personal information about him to his new employer.

1 February 2006

Not long before she was due to graduate, a student was told that she had not been awarded a passing grade for the final year of the qualification.

1 February 2005

A man requested information held by the Department of Conservation after complaints were made against him relating to his activities as a boat operator.

1 February 2005

A polytechnic student was a resident at a hostel. During her stay, she experienced a number of problems, which were recorded in a duty book.

1 December 2004

The complainant, through his solicitor, requested access to personal information about him held by his previous employer.

13 September 2003

An employee's union complained the employer had installed a video camera in the locker room at one of its plants, and that the employee had been videoed.