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NZTA announcement about removing free data puts CARJAM under threat!

Friday, April 9th, 2010

CarJam is under threat

An item of note is the NZTA’s recent public announcement that the free data made available to CarJam may no longer be free which will seriously affect our ability to deliver what you need to make buying and selling safe in the New Zealand automotive market.

If NZTA goes ahead with their plans CarJam will no longer be able to offer the reports, you all know and love, without charge.

To oppose the NZTA proposal to remove free access to this public data, please email us at info@carjam.co.nz with “NZTA Data Protest” in the subject line.


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Comments

oppose the NZTA proposal to remove free access to this public data

— blue collar on April 10th, 2010 at 8:05 pm

This is absurd. If you want more info you have to pay for it anyway.

this way at least you can get some minor info about the vehicle in question and proceed with a sale or not.

— Hennie Sadie on April 12th, 2010 at 2:32 pm

I think its stupid to stop the free data as its a great tool to see what your buying to see if its a legitimate sale, Whats the harm of NZTA leaving the system as it is. Being able to see if a Vehicle is stolen is really great and is a good crime prevention tool. I think NZTA should being looking at what people are saying as we the public have a right to be heard

— scott on April 22nd, 2010 at 7:07 pm

We use the free service daily. A customer may ring up wanting a price on a repair, and may only have the rego number, and we may need the engine type or frame number. Carjam gives us instant access to this for free. If a charge was levied, then I would have to charge the customer further down the line.

Thanks anyway CARJAM. Great website

— Real Auto Care on April 27th, 2010 at 3:01 pm

The government should be providing a public service. Thats what our taxes are for! This seems to miss the self serving public servants sitting on the front tit of the system.

The Govt should not be selling back to its citizens information that the citizens have paid for through their taxes. This is usery.

— Rollo on May 6th, 2010 at 6:25 pm

I am astonished to think that NZTA has so much time on their hands to stuff about with this site which is providing excellent information. What I would love to know is why. There is more to this than meets the eye. There is no privacy issue here so what is the reason for this crazy suggestion. I also can not see how they can legally stop this info from being made available. This is what they say they are about on their web site.

“Our job is to help New Zealanders travel reliably and safely and to grow the country’s economy by investing in moving people and freight. We plan and deliver national transport networks and support local networks; we work to make public transport and freight networks more effective; we’re improving road safety.It’s all about building a better transport system for New Zealanders”

So how does this revelation fit with what their objectives are.

— Roger Nicholson on June 13th, 2010 at 5:10 pm

Don’t jump the gun, read this:

http://www.nzta.govt.nz/vehicle/registration-licensing/information-law-changes.html

The law change only affects the release or personal information, meaning name and address of owner, not all the car details.

— Dan on July 8th, 2010 at 2:17 pm

This is a separate issue NZTA is working on.

— Anton on July 8th, 2010 at 4:27 pm

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