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Privacy Act 2020

Sharing, accessing, and matching personal information - Identity information

166: Manner and form of access

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"How to get access to someone's identity information in a way that agencies agree on"

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When you want to access someone's identity information, you can do this in a way that the agencies involved agree on. You can get access to the information directly from the agency's database or by exchanging the information between agencies. This is allowed under section 165.

The agency that holds the identity information can share it with the agency that wants to access it in a form that they both agree on. This also follows the rules set out in section 165. You can find more information about this by looking at the related legislation.

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Part 7Sharing, accessing, and matching personal information
Identity information

166Manner and form of access

  1. Access to identity information permitted under section 165 may be facilitated between a holder agency and an accessing agency in the manner agreed by the agencies (for example, by direct access to information stored in a holder agency’s database, or by exchange of information between the agencies).

  2. Identity information that is held by a holder agency and accessed by an accessing agency under section 165 may be made available to the accessing agency in the form agreed by the agencies.

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