Access and amendment under the Information Privacy Act (IP Act)

The Information Privacy Act 2009 (IP Act) provides a very similar access mechanism to that contained in the Right to Information Act 2009 (RTI Act).  The key difference is that a person may only apply to access documents containing their own personal information under the IP Act. If you wish to obtain access to documents that do not contain your personal information, you will need to apply under the RTI Act. 

The IP Act also gives you the right to amend your personal information if you believe the information is inaccurate, incomplete, out of date or misleading. Before making a formal amendment application, please contact us, as in many cases personal information can be amended, updated or corrected informally.

Access and amendment applications under the IP Act do not incur an application fee and do not incur processing charges. Access charges, however, are payable under the IP Act (although you may apply for a waiver of these charges).  These charges must be paid before you can get access to documents.

Similar review rights apply to both Information Privacy access and amendment applications as under the RTI Act.

For more information see the Right to Information website.