In an interview with Stuff, New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster spoke out against the proposed expansion of the Search and Surveillance Act. Webster said the bill, which was crafted in response to gang war and to investigate those responsible, could be repurposed to erode privacy once codified in law. Under the legislation, police need only to suspect an individual is involved with gang activity to obtain a search warrant, instead of opening an investigation in response to a specific criminal act.
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