Licence for Personal Data applications are open
Following a review of our data licensing process, we are now accepting new applications for Personal Data licences.
The review focused on our data sharing arrangements being in line with the Privacy Act 2020, and confirmed that releasing this data under licence remains consistent with LINZ’s legal obligations.
Privacy protections
A licence is required to access bulk property ownership data via the LINZ Data Service (LDS).
Responsibility for the lawful use of this data, including compliance with the Privacy Act 2020, rests with you and anyone you share it with.
As the data provided under the licence contains personal information, you must:
- comply with the Privacy Act 2020
- take reasonable security safeguards to ensure the data is not misused and is not provided to third parties unless they agree to the licence
- not allow the data to be indexed by any public internet web search engine
- not use the data in unsolicited direct marketing nor in recipient lists provided by you to other parties which are likely to be used for unsolicited direct marketing (see the full licence terms for more information)
- amend or delete the data as required by LINZ (refer to Amendments and deletions)
- comply with all other applicable laws.
In addition, you may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the licence permits.
Property owner data available through the LDS is frequently updated. Refresh your copy of this data regularly to ensure you have accurate and up to date information.
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Attribution
You must give appropriate credit to LINZ, e.g. by providing a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests LINZ endorses you or your use.
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Attributing LINZ data
Apply for access
Before applying, consider the following data you can access without a need for a data licence:
You can now apply at:
Apply for a LINZ Licence for Personal Data
If you have any questions, please contact us at data.licence@linz.govt.nz