After public watchdog New Zealand Police Conduct Association filed a complaint over the Independent Police Conduct Authority's use of the Information Request Form, police are drafting an updated form to better protect employees' privacy, Stuff reports. "It will now be made clear to employers and companies that they may not be legally obliged to hand over information about their staff or customers when police request it," the report states. "The forms are misleading, and give the appearance of some sort of official document that you would have to respond to," said NZPCA President Shannon Parker. "They are not. They carry no more weight than me asking for the same information." The updated form "will likely" go into use later this month, the report adds. 
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