Employees+private+right+in+NZ

 By Xuan Luo  The Privacy Act was assented at 17 May 1993 in New Zealand.  For the purposes of this Act, an action done by, or information disclosed to, a person employed by, or in the service of, an agency in the performance of the duties of the person's employment shall be treated as having been done by, or disclosed to, the agency. In a firm, employees have below rights to protect their private imformation: (1) Where an [|agency]  collects [|personal information]  directly from the individual concerned, the agency shall take such steps (if any) as are, in the circumstances, reasonable to ensure that the individual concerned is aware of - (a) the fact that the information is being [|collected] ; and (b) the purpose for which the information is being collected; and (c) the intended recipients of the information; and (d) the name and address of - <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(i) the agency that is collecting the information; and <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(ii) the agency that will hold the information; and <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(e) if the collection of the information is authorised or required by or under law - <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(i) the particular law by or under which the collection of the information is so authorised or required; and <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(ii) whether or not the supply of the information by that individual is voluntary or mandatory; and <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(f) the consequences (if any) for that individual if all or any part of the requested information is not provided; and <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(g) the rights of access to, and correction of, personal information provided by these principles. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(2) The steps referred to in subclause (1) shall be taken before the information is collected or, if that is not practicable, as soon as practicable after the information is collected. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(3) An agency is not required to take the steps referred to in subclause (1) in relation to the collection of information from an individual if that agency has taken those steps in relation to the collection, from that individual, of the same information or information of the same kind, on a recent previous occasion. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(4) It is not necessary for an agency to comply with subclause (1) if the agency believes, on reasonable grounds - <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(a) that non-compliance is authorised by the individual concerned; or    <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(b) that non-compliance would not prejudice the interests of the individual concerned; or     <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(c) the non-compliance is necessary - <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(i) to avoid prejudice to the maintenance of the law by any public sector agency, including the prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution, and punishment of offences; or    <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(ii) for the enforcement of a law imposing a pecuniary penalty; or     <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(iii) for the protection of the public revenue; or     <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(iv) for the conduct of proceedings before any court or tribunal (being proceedings that have been commenced or are reasonably in contemplation); or     <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(d) that compliance would prejudice the purposes of the collection; or     <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(e) that compliance is not reasonably practicable in the circumstances of the particular case; or     <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(f) that the information - <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(i) will not be used in a form in which the individual concerned is identified; or    <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(ii) will be used for statistical or research purposes and will not be published in a form that could reasonably be expected to identify the individual concerned. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Additionally, employees should aware some notes when they are asked : <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The above are the part of employees’ right in work; the private right is constantly improving. If people want to know the detailed information, please go to <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">[] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">.
 * What rights do I have as an employee to for my information to remain private? **
 * Background: what is employee private right？ **
 * What rights do the employees have? **
 * <span style="color: #333333; line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">that you're collecting information about them (if it's not obvious)
 * <span style="color: #333333; line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">why you're collecting the information;
 * <span style="color: #333333; line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">what you're going to use it for;
 * <span style="color: #333333; line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">who you're going to give it to (if anyone);
 * <span style="color: #333333; line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">whether the person has to give you the information and what will happen if they don't;
 * <span style="color: #333333; line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">that they can access the information you hold about them, and they can correct it if it's wrong.