Case Note 22968 [1999] NZPrivCmr 5: Hospital demands indemnity before allowing access by father with power of attorney
We investigated the handling of an access request by a Hospital and Health Service (HHS).
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We investigated the handling of an access request by a Hospital and Health Service (HHS).
A man bought a car using credit extended by a division of a car manufacturing company.
A woman asked for access to information held by the Department of Social Welfare after allegations were made about the treatment of her children.
A man complained to us that a club used inaccurate information about to terminate his membership.
A complainant and other union members agreed to a contract with their employer following negotiations.
A man complained that the ACC collected information from his son's doctor without his son's consent in relation to a claim for cover arising from an accident.
Man complains business partner used private investigator for credit check.
Woman alleges IRD disclosed claim details by sending to wrong address.
TVNZ made a videotape during a criminal trial and screened an extract, with the defendant's face obscured, in a news item.
Woman complains when finance company discloses loan details to her former partner.
A man complained that the police disclosed information to the news media about his involvement in a traffic accident.
Hospital refuses parents access to estranged daughter's medical report.
An employee of a crown health enterprise complained about the retention of information about an incident which occurred in 1984 and resulted in his suspension.
A father complained about a refusal by the Children, Youth and their Families Service to release information to him.
A man asked for access to personal information held by a credit reporting agency.
The complainant had a dispute with a local council arising from his involvement in a council-initiated project.
A woman complained that a process server, seeking to recover a debt from her husband, visited her previous address and discussed the debt with a family member.
A bank granted a mortgage loan to a client on the condition that she secure employment. The client found a job and asked her new employer to write to the bank.
A customer of Telecom New Zealand complained that it had sent him a brochure marketing another company's goods without his authorisation.
The complainant wrote a letter to a crown health enterprise asking for some information to be removed from his medical records.