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Privacy Act 2020

Access to and correction of personal information - Correction of personal information

64: Decision on request to attach statement of correction

You could also call this:

"What happens when you ask to fix wrong information about you?"

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When you ask an agency to attach a statement of correction to your personal information, they must decide as soon as possible whether to grant your request. They must then tell you what they have decided. If they agree to attach the statement, they must inform you what they have done to attach it. If they do not agree to attach the statement, they must tell you that they have not attached it and inform you that you have the right to make a complaint to the Commissioner about their decision. You can make a complaint to the Commissioner if you are not happy with the agency's decision, and the agency must inform you of this right when they tell you their decision.

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Part 4Access to and correction of personal information
Correction of personal information

64Decision on request to attach statement of correction

  1. As soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving a request under IPP 7(3)(b), an agency must—

  2. decide whether to grant the request; and
    1. notify the requestor that—
      1. the agency has attached the statement of correction to the information; or
        1. the agency has not attached the statement of correction to the information.

        2. A notice under subsection (1)(b)(i) must inform the requestor of the action the agency has taken to attach the statement of correction to the information.

        3. A notice under subsection (1)(b)(ii) must inform the requestor of the requestor’s right to make a complaint to the Commissioner in respect of the agency’s refusal to attach a statement of correction to the information.

        Compare
        • 1993 No 28 ss 6 (IPP 7(3)), 40