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PRIVACY AND PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT 1998 - SECT 18
Limits on disclosure of personal information
(1) A public sector agency that holds personal information must not disclose
the information to a person (other than the individual to whom the information
relates) or other body, whether or not such other person or body is a
public sector agency, unless-- (a) the disclosure is directly related to the
purpose for which the information was collected, and the agency disclosing the
information has no reason to believe that the individual concerned would
object to the disclosure, or
(b) the individual concerned is reasonably
likely to have been aware, or has been made aware in accordance with
section 10, that information of that kind is usually disclosed to that other
person or body, or
(c) the agency believes on reasonable grounds that the
disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to
the life or health of the individual concerned or another person.
(2) If
personal information is disclosed in accordance with subsection (1) to a
person or body that is a public sector agency, that agency must not use or
disclose the information for a purpose other than the purpose for which the
information was given to it.
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