Dear Auckland Transport,

Stuff has reported that Auckland Transport will be implementing a sophisticated surveillance and tracking system. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/10567293...

On Twitter you have claimed that you will not be using those facilities and that you have been having discussions with the Privacy Commissioner. https://twitter.com/AklTransport/status/...

Accordingly, please send me:

1. Descriptions of the facilities that Auckland Transport are using with that system. i.e. an overview of the system and what it does.

2. Copies of any communications with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner about privacy or other issues surrounding the system.

3. Copies of the protocols, instructions, manuals and training materials concerning the collection, storing, use and release of the information within the scope of the system.

4. Please send me a copy of the Auckland Council memorandum of understanding which was used to create the contract (as mentioned in the Stuff article).

Furthermore, please answer the following questions:

1. Does Auckland Transport currently use or plan to use any form of facial recognition software? If yes, please give details.

2. Does Auckland Transport currently use or plan to use any form of automated number plate recognition? If yes, please give details.

3. Does Auckland Transport currently use or plan to use any system to track individual people or vehicles (excluding people and vehicles that work for Auckland Transport)? If yes, please give details.

4. Does Auckland Transport currently store or plan to store any significant quantities of personally identifiable information within systems that are not physically located in New Zealand? If yes, please list the systems and the type and volume of data. Please feel free to exclude trivial information stores such as a single Gmail account, etc.

5. Does Auckland Transport currently use or plan to use any form of automated surveillance of Facebook, Twitter or other social media. If yes, please give details. (Please feel free to exclude the systems used by your comms/PR team.)

6. Does Auckland Transport currently allow or plan to allow any other agency (such as the Police) to control any part of the system to target surveillance for the purpose of their own investigations? If yes, please give details.

Yours faithfully,

Thomas Beagle
PO Box 5641
Lambton Quay
Wellington 6145