TRANSPORT 50 VictorlaStleet AGENCY massages wlsKA Wellington 5141 New Zealand 54 4 894 5400 03 December2018 F644a94 REF CIA-43 59 Requesl made under the Official Information Act 1982 Thank you (or your email of 5 November 2018 requesting the tollowtng information under the official Information Act 1982 (the Act) Today the New zeaiand Herald reported that ~er would be trialling automated point to point 'average speed' cameras at two locations in Auckland ("New poinrrtarpol'nt speed cameras coming for Waterview Tunnel andsouthern Matoniray", NZ Herald, 5 Nov 2013). The cameras reportedly identify vehicles using automated number plate recognition software IANPR). would like to request the following information under the out.- any privacy policy for the system,- any privacy impact assessment for the system; . how long are vehicle number plates retained by the system, and whether they are or will be shared with any other agency. The trial of the point to point average speed cameras in the Wateryiew Tunnels is yet to commence and the NZ Transport Agency is still working to complete privacy policies and relevant impact statements. Points one and two or your request are therefore being refused under section isle) ofthe act as the documents alleged to contain this information do not exist. Development ora specific privacy policy is being guided by the extsting Police Privacy Policy, the lnformatlon Act 1982. the Disclosure Act 2008 and the Pllvacy Act 1993. A liill privacy impact assessment Will be completed for the system and thisWill take place before the trial commences and any notices are sent out. The system will be integrated with already systems such as those used by the New Zealand Pollce and will adhere to privacy policies already in place. In regard to the third part of your request, the system is being designed to hold an image of vehicles for the period of time it takes to travel between cameras. A second image will then be taken and only images or vehicles that have an average speed above the speed limit as well as being above the operating threshold (same as static cameras)will be retained by the system, all other imageswnl be discarded. infringement notices lor speeding otrences which are recorded by the cameras wIll be issued bytlie New Zealarid Police, More Informatlon about the safety cameras Inside the Watervlew Tunnels can be found at the following