Law change regarding NZTA and your details

**babysteps** · 30th August 2010, 09:35

Hi Team

I hope this is the correct place to post this and if there is another post already, please delete this mods (Couldn't find one)

As of 1 November 2010, a non-advertised new law comes into effect which allows third parties access to your name and address details via your vehicle registration plates.

You are able to elect not to have your personal details released however if you do not do this then anyone will be able to look up your registration plate and get the details from the net without paying anything.

http://www.nzta.govt.nz/vehicle/regi...formation.html

Click on the link below to opt out (if you want to opt out ).

https://transact.nzta.govt.nz/transa...ess/entry.aspx

**avgas** · 30th August 2010, 10:38

Is it just me or did this already exist before?

**Swoop** · 30th August 2010, 11:16

Originally Posted by avgas

Is it just me or did this already exist before?

Another thread in the GBR section. I'll go find a linky.

Edit:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...rsonal-details

**SMOKEU** · 31st August 2010, 11:54

That law has been around for years.

**White trash** · 31st August 2010, 12:01

That's why you register your vehicles to a PO Box number (like c/o your work) and make up a bogus street address for a physical address.

Saves undesirables getting your info and nicking your bike while you're away.

**SMOKEU** · 31st August 2010, 17:43

Originally Posted by White trash

That's why you register your vehicles to a PO Box number (like c/o your work) and make up a bogus street address for a physical address.

Saves undesirables getting your info and nicking your bike while you're away.

So does that mean that any fines and re-licensing forms go to the PO box, not the physical address?

**davereid** · 31st August 2010, 18:40

Originally Posted by babysteps

As of 1 November 2010, a non-advertised new law comes into effect which allows third parties access to your name and address details via your vehicle registration plates.

You are able to elect not to have your personal details released however if you do not do this then anyone will be able to look up your registration plate and get the details from the net without paying anything.

Thanks for your post.

In fact, third parties have always been able to access your details via your registration data, as it is a public database.

The change is, that you can now opt out, and make your details private.

IMHO the DEFAULT should be "private". It should not be necessary to ask the Government, or fill out a form, for them to protect you from sharing the data they obtain from you involuntarily.

The same applies to your drivers licence data. The Privacy Act makes it illegal to use unique identifiers except for the purpose they were granted. Yet, we all will be asked for our drivers licence data for all sorts of things, unrelated to transport.

I personally simply say "no license, sadly revoked for ever, what else could I use ?"

Its my view that the drivers licence and passport have become a defacto ID card. As neither of them are compulsory, I simply decline to offer them.

If the Government want us to have a national ID card, then they should propose it, face the public opinion, and then force it if justified.

Otherwise they can get stuffed.

**Ocean1** · 31st August 2010, 19:07

Originally Posted by davereid

If the Government want us to have a national ID card, then they should propose it, face the public opinion, and then force it if justified.

Otherwise they can get stuffed.

They did propose it, 'bout a decade ago iirc.

They were told to get stuffed then too.

**White trash** · 1st September 2010, 16:37

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

So does that mean that any fines and re-licensing forms go to the PO box, not the physical address?

Any mail at all regarding the registration of your bike or speed camera tickets go to the PO Box. Yup.

**Reckless** · 2nd September 2010, 12:06

Originally Posted by White trash

That's why you register your vehicles to a PO Box number (like c/o your work) and make up a bogus street address for a physical address.

Saves undesirables getting your info and nicking your bike while you're away.

Yep I've been lying about my address for years! And I made sure its a vacant lot so some poor bastard doesn't get their house broken into LOL!! The lady at the post office insisted about having to put down a physical address! Wouldn't process the rego with a box number only.
Buggered if I'm gonna have 20K of MX bikes on my ute or trailer or be riding my classic and some jerk goes and pay's his $2-20 at the PO and gets my address. They don't even have to follow you home!!
Most cops I know put down there work (the local cop shop) as their address.
Thank goodness someone has seen the light!!!

I do agree Private should be the default and we shouldn't have to apply for it to be private. WTF is the reason for that, creates more jobs processing forms I suppose, so they can charge more for rego??

**Reckless** · 2nd September 2010, 12:16

Pity it doesn't work??

When I put in the 5a section ( License number) it comes up with an error

and the number is correct as shown on my license??

**35tickets** · 2nd September 2010, 21:56

Cheers for posting this - have been meaning to go and do this for a while and now i have thanx mate

**Max Preload** · 2nd September 2010, 22:02

This is completely wrong - the law change is doing the complete opposite of what is posted at #1. This fucking email has been going around and around because people don't fucking investigate anything for themselves. I'm going to seriously fuck up the next cunt that sends it to me.