Part 1 s 7
Privacy Act 2020
Version as at
6 December 2023
collect, in relation to personal information, means to take any step to seek or
obtain the personal information, but does not include receipt of unsolicited
information
Commissioner means the Privacy Commissioner holding office under section
13 and appointed in accordance with section 28(1)(b) of the Crown Entities Act
2004
correct, in relation to personal information, means to alter that information by
way of correction, deletion, or addition, and correction has a corresponding
meaning
country includes a self-governing State, province, or territory
department means—
(a)
a government department named in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Ombuds‐
men Act 1975:
(b)
an interdepartmental venture:
(c)
a departmental agency hosted by a government department named in
Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Ombudsmen Act 1975:
(d)
an interdepartmental executive board serviced by a government depart‐
ment named in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Ombudsmen Act 1975 (see
also section 201A)
departmental agency has the meaning given in section 5 of the Public Service
Act 2020
Deputy Commissioner means the Deputy Privacy Commissioner appointed
under section 14
Director of Human Rights Proceedings or Director means the Director of
Human Rights Proceedings or alternate Director of Human Rights Proceedings
appointed under section 20A of the Human Rights Act 1993
document means a document in any form, and includes—
(a)
any writing on any material:
(b)
any information recorded or stored by means of any computer or other
device, and any material subsequently derived from information so
recorded or stored:
(c)
any label, marking, or other writing that identifies or describes any thing
of which it forms part, or to which it is attached by any means:
(d)
any book, map, plan, graph, or drawing:
(e)
any photograph, film, negative, tape, or any device in which 1 or more
visual images are embodied so as to be capable (with or without the aid
of some other equipment) of being reproduced
foreign person or entity means—
(a)
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an individual who is neither—