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Case Note 25766 [2001] NZPrivCmr 14: ACC claimant concerned at scope of consent clause

9 June 2001

A complainant alleged that a consent form used by ACC to collect personal information breached the Privacy Act.

Case Note 17281 [2001] NZPrivCmr 7: Customer complains Telecom used another company's interconnection information to market its services

7 June 2001

Customer complains Telecom used another company's interconnection information to market its services.

Case Note 4339 [2001] NZPrivCmr 2: Parents question why Ministry of Education collected information from medication register

7 June 2001

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

Case Note 13039 [2001] NZPrivCmr 3: A man complained that incorrectly ascribed debts affected his purchase of a house

7 June 2001

A man complained after incorrectly ascribed debts affected his purchase of a house.

Case Note 13985 [2001] NZPrivCmr 4: Owner objects to local authority requiring his birth date when registering dog

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.

Case Note 14290 [2001] NZPrivCmr 5: Applicant complains ACC denied compensation based on inaccurate information

7 June 2001

ACC declined a woman's claim for earnings-related compensation.

Case Note 15376 [2001] NZPrivCmr 1: Patient complains hospital refused to correct or seal old health records

7 April 2001

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

Case Note 9482 [1999] NZPrivCmr 7: Mother objects to midwife accessing mother's medical file without authorisation

20 August 1999

A woman complained about a midwife to the Nursing Council and made a claim to ACC on the grounds of medical misadventure.

Case Note 19461 [1999]: Mother complains about a disclosure of information about her daughter by a pharmacy

7 August 1999

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

Case Note 18776 [1999]: A debt collection agency faxed a demand letter to a workplace

7 August 1999

A debt collection agency faxed to a solicitor's workplace a demand letter about a personal debt allegedly owed by the solicitor.

Case Note 18109 [1999]: Employee denied access to personal information held about him

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.

Case Note 17749 [1999]: Inaccurate information in a report resulted in compensation being cancelled

7 August 1999

A complainant alleged that his compensation had been cancelled because of inaccurate information in the an ACC report.

Case Note 15052 [1999]: Woman taped watering her garden received an infringement notice

7 August 1999

A complainant lived in an area with water restrictions. She was issued with an infringement notice after watering her garden on a day when that was prohibited.

Case Note 13518 [1999]: Law firm faxed a demand for a cash retainer to a client's workplace

6 August 1999

A law firm faxed the complainant at his workplace demanding that a cash retainer be paid later that day.

Case Note 12582 [1999]: Telecom refused man details of a phone number which made malicious calls to him

6 August 1999

A man complained that Telecom refused his request for the number of a telephone used to make malicious calls to him.

Case Note 10855 [1999]: Teacher requested report concerning his employment

6 August 1999

A teacher complained to us that his request to a school board of trustees for information had been refused.

Case Note 2418 [1999]: A woman applied for a sales representative's position and was asked to complete a personality test

6 August 1999

A woman applied for a sales representative's position and was asked to complete a form containing 200 questions.

Case Note 18420 [1999] NZPrivCmr 4: Employee complained manager disclosed theft suspicions to employee's wife

7 May 1999

An employee of a retailing company complained that the manager of the branch at which he worked told the employee's wife that he was suspected of stealing.

Case Note 22968 [1999] NZPrivCmr 5: Hospital demands indemnity before allowing access by father with power of attorney

7 May 1999

We investigated the handling of an access request by a Hospital and Health Service (HHS).

Case Note 7636 [1999] NZPrivCmr 1: Man complains car company lodged erroneous default notice with credit reporting agency

6 May 1999

A man bought a car using credit extended by a division of a car manufacturing company.

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