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Individual rights & freedoms

Where to go for more support

Overview

Community Law

www.communitylaw.org.nz

Your local Community Law Centre can provide initial free legal advice and information.

Office of the Privacy Commissioner

Website: www.privacy.org.nz
Phone: (04) 474 7590 or freephone 0800 803 909
Email: enquiries@privacy.org.nz

For complaints, You can submit a complaint online using the online self-assessment form, ring the 0800 number above or send an email.

Mental health and addiction pamphlet

www.health.govt.nz/publication/what-happens-your-mental-health-and-addiction-information

“What happens to your mental health and addiction information” – available from the Ministry of Health website.

This pamphlet gives you details of how and why consumer information is collected by PRIMHD (Programme for the Integration of Mental Health Data). It also looks at who uses the information, and the privacy rights of consumers under the Health Information Privacy Act 1993.

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Privacy and information

Where to go for more support

Community Law

www.communitylaw.org.nz

Your local Community Law Centre can provide initial free legal advice and information.

Office of the Privacy Commissioner

Website: www.privacy.org.nz
Phone: (04) 474 7590 or freephone 0800 803 909
Email: enquiries@privacy.org.nz

For complaints, You can submit a complaint online using the online self-assessment form, ring the 0800 number above or send an email.

Mental health and addiction pamphlet

www.health.govt.nz/publication/what-happens-your-mental-health-and-addiction-information

“What happens to your mental health and addiction information” – available from the Ministry of Health website.

This pamphlet gives you details of how and why consumer information is collected by PRIMHD (Programme for the Integration of Mental Health Data). It also looks at who uses the information, and the privacy rights of consumers under the Health Information Privacy Act 1993.

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