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Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

Enforcement - Banning - Searches of list

81: When search constitutes interference with privacy of individual

You could also call this:

"Searching wrongly can invade someone's privacy"

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If you search the list for personal information in the wrong way, it can interfere with someone's privacy. You must follow the rules in sections 78 to 80 when searching the list. If you do not, it is considered an interference with someone's privacy under section 69 of the Privacy Act 2020.

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Part 4Enforcement
Banning: Searches of list

81When search constitutes interference with privacy of individual

  1. A search of the list for personal information that has not been carried out in accordance with sections 78 to 80 constitutes an action that is an interference with the privacy of an individual under section 69 of the Privacy Act 2020.

Notes
  • Section 81: replaced, on , by section 217 of the Privacy Act 2020 (2020 No 31).