We are currently hosting a discussion group on an Online Campus for the
Information Management course of a university in New Zealand, and one of
the students has posted a question regarding these two issues, and I
wondered if people here could share some of their experiences in this ares?
The student in question moved to NZ around 10 years ago from the UK, and
remembers DP legislation coming into force here, with the consequent
recruitment of a number of 'Data Protection Officers' at public
authorities. He wonders whether the duties resulting from the FoI
legislation will be undertaken by these same staff, or whether new 'FoI
Officers' will need to be recruited, especially taking into account the
potential conflicts between the requirements to disclose/not disclose
information in the two pieces of legislation.
Could anyone give me an idea of what is happening in practice?
Many thanks for any help you can offer.
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