1 February 2002

A woman requested access to personal information held about her by a government ministry.

1 February 2002

The pastor of a church was having marriage difficulties and was receiving counselling through elders of the church.

1 February 2002

A woman applied for a position within a government department. The application form asked the woman to nominate referees.

1 February 2002

A man applied to join Police. His application was declined on the basis that he had been given diversion for a charge against him some years previously.

1 February 2002

A club president complained that the national body required club members to provide personal information, including their names and addresses.

7 June 2001

We investigated the actions of the Ministry of Education in collecting information about a complainants' daughter from a medication register.

7 June 2001

A man complained that when he registered his dog, the Council asked for his date of birth. He asked whether the Council had any authority to collect this info.

7 April 2001

A women asked a hospital to delete from its records information about her admission 28 years previously.

7 August 1999

A mother complained about disclosure of information about her daughter by a pharmacy which had dispensed some medication to the daughter.

7 August 1999

An employee of a large company asked for access to personal information held by the company after a dispute involving the use of a company vehicle.