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Privacy Act 2020

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

187: Avoidance of controls on information matching through use of official information statutes

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"Don't share personal info to help others match it with more info under certain laws"

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If you work for a public sector agency, you must not share personal information with another agency under the Official Information Act 1982 or the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 if the other agency only wants it to match with other information. You can read more about the Official Information Act 1982 and the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 to understand what these laws say about sharing information. This rule helps protect people's personal information from being used in ways they do not expect.

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

187Avoidance of controls on information matching through use of official information statutes

  1. Despite anything in the Official Information Act 1982 or the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, a public sector agency must not disclose to any other public sector agency under those Acts any personal information if the information is sought solely or principally for use in an information matching programme.

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