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18 August 2021
Matthew Chipping
By email
: [FYI request #16354 email]
Tēnā koe Matthew
Official Information request and response
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act (“OIA”) dated 9 August 2021.
You have requested:
a. Has your agency contracted work to Research New Zealand in the last five years?
b. If so, did you provide private information or data on individuals to Research New
Zealand?
c. If so, what agreements did you make with Research New Zealand regarding privacy and
data retention?
d. Have you been notified of any data breaches, security issues, or privacy issues with
Research New Zealand?
We can advise you that:
a. NZ On Air engaged Research NZ for the
Identity, Culture and Media Research in 2019. The
research, conducted by Research NZ, coincided with NZ On Air’s 30th birthday, and
repeated key elements of research carried out in 1989/1990 for the newly formed
funding agency.
b. No, NZ On Air did not provide private information or data on individuals. We provided
them with the hard copy 30-year-old report for comparison, which contained tabulations,
but no data as such. Regarding privacy and data retention agreements, Research NZ does
not know who, by name, the survey respondents were as the sample was provided by a
third party, Dynata (the panel provider).
c. In accordance with Research NZ’s Code of Practice, survey data is retained in a digital
form indefinitely. However, this data is depersonalised data.
d. We have not been notified of any Research New Zealand data breaches, security issues,
or privacy issues.
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Yours sincerely
Clare Helm
HEAD OF CORPORATE SERVICES
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