Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Authorised Access to Certain Names and Addresses Held on the Motor Vehicle Register

Pursuant to section 241 of the Land Transport Act 1998 ("the Act"), I authorise the following person, for the purpose and the term, and on the conditions stated below, to have access to the names and addresses of persons:
- who are currently registered in respect of a motor vehicle(s); and
- who have not instructed the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to withhold their details.
Person Purpose Term
Nissan New Zealand Limited
- For product updates, survey research and marketing in respect of persons registered in respect of Nissan vehicles.
- For customer relationship management and providing persons registered in respect of Nissan vehicles with event and model launch information.
- To provide the Nissan roadside breakdown assistance service. From the date Nissan New Zealand Limited receives the final decision
on its application to 28 February
2017 inclusive.
Conditions
(a) The names and addresses are accessed only by Nissan New Zealand Limited on its own behalf and solely for its own use;
(b) The names and addresses are accessed only for a specified purpose;
(c) The fees charged for the provision of the names and addresses from the Motor Vehicle Register are duly paid;
(d) Any identified instances of unauthorised access are immediately notified to the Secretary for Transport and the Privacy Commissioner;
(e) Before being permitted to access the Motor Vehicle Register under section 241 of the Act, all staff must receive training that emphasises that such access must only be for a specified purpose, and refresher training of all staff also must be undertaken at appropriate intervals;
(f) Access must be restricted solely to members of staff for whom authorised access is essential to achieving a specified purpose;
(g) The names and addresses obtained under this authorisation shall not be disclosed to any third party unless such disclosure is necessarily incidental to achieving a specified purpose;
(h) In respect of the first and second specified purposes, everyone contacted through names and addresses accessed under this authorisation must, at the first opportunity, be informed of their right to opt out under section 241(7)(b) of the Act, and also that they may request that Nissan New Zealand Limited immediately remove them from its mailing list so that they will not receive any further marketing and event correspondence; and
(i) The terms and conditions, if any, imposed by the NZ Transport Agency for access to Motor Vehicle Register information.
Dated this 9th day of March 2012.
MARTIN MATTHEWS, Secretary for Transport.