O le faatapulaaina o le aveeesea poo le natia o faamatalaga ae e te le‘i mauaina.
A fai mai se faalapotoptoga e manaomia ona iloiloina, o le uiga o la latou faamatalga e manaomia ona latou filifili pe iai ni faamatalaga e manaomia le faatapulaaina.
I lalo o le tulafono e taua o le Privacy Act, e na o faamatalaga lava e faatatau ia te oe e mafai ona e silasila iai. O le mafuaaga ona o le puipuia o faamatalaga e aafia ai le isi tagata.
O le faataitaiga, O nisi faalapotopotoga e latou te taofia faamaumauga e faatatau i aiga ae le o tagata taitoatasi. A iai se faamaumauaga e iai faamatalaga faatatau ia te oe ma lou aiga, e aveeseina e le faalapotopotoga faamatalaga o loo aafia ai lou aiga.
Ae e ono mafai ona e maua faamaumauga o se isi tagata pe a iai se latou faatagaga tusitusia e mafai ona e faatinoa lea galuega mo latou.
E ono faatapulaaina e se faalapotopotoga au faamatalaga pe afai ua puipuia faaletulafono e le mafai ona faailoaina atu.
O faamatalaga e ono puipuia faaletulafono e le mafai ona faailoaina atu ona:
Under section 49(1)(a)(iii) of the Privacy Act 2020, a record holder can refuse to give access to personal information if:
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A faapea na vaetamaina oe i lalo o le ala puipuia, e tatau ona e talosagaina se kopi o lau pepa fanau ae e lei vaetamaina oe, e te maua ai faamatalaga o ou matua na fanaua oe. E tatau ona atoa lou 20 tausaga i le taimi e te faia ai lea talosaga. Malamalama pe faapefea ona talosaga lou pepa fanau ae e lei vaetamaina oeopen_in_new.
A faapea na vaetamaina oe i lalo o le ala puipuia i luma mai o le aso 1 Mati 1986, e ono tuu e ou matua na fanaua oe se tapu e lē mafai ai ona fa‘ailoaina ai se faamatalaga. E mafai ona faafouina lenei tapu o faamatalaga pe a maea le ta‘i 10 tausaga.
A faapea na tapu e ou matua o la faamatalaga, o le a lē iai i totonu o lou uluai pepa fanau.
A faapea na iai sau tamaititi na vaetamaina, e atoa loa le 19 tausaga o lona matua, e ia te ia le aiā tatau e tapu ai ana lava ia faamatalaga – o lona uiga o le a lē mafai e ona matua na fanaua ona maua se faamatalaga ia te ia.
Mo se faataitaiga, mo pepa taukomepiuta ma tusitusiga e ono faatino e faalapotopotoga eseese le:
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Here records means the information an organisation has kept / made about a person.
Here in the care or guardianship of others means when an organisation is put in charge of a person and decides things like:
A guardian is an adult put in charge of the care of a person.
A guardian should:
Redact means hiding / taking out some information in a document.
This could be because there is information about other people in your record.
This is often done with a thick black line.
An organisation may redact some of the information on the records you have asked for.
They will tell you this by saying something like we need to assess your records.
Here assess means to:
Organisations have to follow the Privacy Act.
The Privacy Act is a law that tells organisations how information must be:
The Privacy Act says you can only see information about you.
This protects the privacy of other people.
For example records may have information redacted about other people in your whānau / family.
Sometimes you can get records that have information about another person.
To do this the person has to:
Some organisations keep information about:
Your records may have a lot of information about your whānau / family redacted.
Sometimes the information you ask for is legally privileged.
Legally privileged means information is protected between:
For example your lawyer can only share your information with somebody else if you agree to this.
A lawyer is a person you usually pay to give you advice about the law.
Legally privileged information can be something like information between:
Legally privileged information can also be information made to support a court case.
Here a court case is when a problem is worked out at the court in a legal way.
An organisation cannot give you legally privileged information.
Some adoption records may be redacted.
Here adoption is a legal word that means:
Adoption records may be redacted if:
A closed adoption is between the:
They do not:
Birth parents are the parents when the baby was born.
You can ask for your birth certificate from a closed adoption.
A birth certificate is a legal document that has information like:
A birth certificate from a closed adoption is called a pre-adoptive birth certificate.
You will need to be 20 years or older to ask for a pre-adoptive birth certificate.
Your birth parents may have said no to putting their names on your birth certificate.
A birth parent can say no to you seeing information about them when you turn 19 years old.
Click here to find more information about how to ask for a pre-adoptive birth certificate.
Records can be:
Organisations redact records in different ways.
Records can be redacted by hiding the information under a black box.
Records can also be redacted by:
They can also be redacted by:
Getting your records about when you were in care can make you feel lots of things.
It can be good to have someone to talk to about it.
You can talk to your:
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