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"The New Zealand Police were recently found to have been routinely and
illegally photographing young people and adults in public. Many might have
expected this to see an end to the practice – but apparently not.
Despite the findings of the joint inquiry by the Independent Police Conduct
Authority (IPCA) and Office of the Privacy Commission (OPC), police have not
been directed to stop photographing adults. And Police Commissioner Andrew
Coster has said the police “don’t necessarily accept entirely the implications
of the report we received.”
At the heart of this issue, and more recent questions about the use of traffic
surveillance cameras and facial recognition technology, is how the right to
privacy is administered. Privacy is a fundamental but not an absolute right.
The state – of which the police are a powerful arm – is allowed to collect
information on people within its borders.
However there are rules governing the collection of information, with
protecting privacy a key requirement. The IPCA-OPC report revealed that the
police did not follow relevant privacy rules."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
