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Privacy Act 2020

Sharing, accessing, and matching personal information - Authorised information matching programmes

178: Information matching agreements

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"Agencies must have a written agreement to share personal information safely"

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When you want to share personal information between agencies, it must be done according to a written agreement. This agreement is made between the agencies and includes rules that are as strict as, or stricter than, the information matching rules. The agreement makes sure that personal information is protected.

You can also charge fees to each other for services provided when sharing personal information. This is allowed if it is part of the agreement between the agencies. The fees are for services related to the information matching programme.

If an agreement is made, you must send a copy of it to the Commissioner, and also send any changes made to the agreement. This must be done immediately after the agreement is made or changed. You can find more information about this by looking at the Privacy Act 2020 and similar laws, such as the law from 1993 No 28.

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Part 7Sharing, accessing, and matching personal information
Authorised information matching programmes

178Information matching agreements

  1. Personal information held by an agency may be disclosed to another agency under an authorised information matching programme only in accordance with a written agreement that—

  2. is entered into between the agencies; and
    1. includes provisions that reflect the information matching rules, or provisions that are no less onerous than those rules.

      1. An agreement may provide that the agencies involved in the authorised information matching programme may charge each other fees for the services provided for the purposes of the programme.

      2. The parties to an agreement entered into under this section must ensure that a copy of the agreement, and of any amendments subsequently made to the agreement, are immediately forwarded to the Commissioner.

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