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Privacy Commissioner to examine MSD demands for social service users' information The Privacy Commissioner has announced an investigation into the Ministry of Social Development's... |
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Corrections subjects at-risk prisoners to "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" The Department of Corrections has broken anti-torture laws in its treatment of prisoners at risk of... |
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Meeting Dates for 2017 The Committee of the NZ Council for Civil Liberties make its monthly meetings open to anyone who... |
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Corrections finally release Crimes of Torture Act report From the NZ Herald: New Zealand prisoners have been subjected to degrading treatment, including... |
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Policing by force Four police officers were found not guilty of assaulting a man in Napier. The police officers... |
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Customs able to demand unlock/passwords at the border The Government's new Customs and Excise Bill gives Customs the ability to demand people unlock... |
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Don't be alarmed - domestic terrorism threat a false alarm Consumers of news and social media yesterday may have been shocked to read of an apparent imminent... |
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Submission: NZ Intelligence & Security Bill 2016 Text of our submission on the NZ Intelligence & Security Bill to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and... |
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Private eye: Big data, big questions Kate Newtown from RadioNZ writes about just how much data private companies are collecting about us,... |
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NetSafe: Confronting Online Harm Together Confronting Online Harm Together is New Zealand’s first conference focussed on harmful... |
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NZ Council for Civil Liberties Chairperson's Report 2016 I've been Chairperson of the NZ Council for Civil Liberties for two years now and therefore it... |
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Heavy handed Maritime Crime Amendment Bill turns democratic protesters into terrorists We have long warned that the problem with allowing human-rights abridging special powers to cope with... |
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NZCCL AGM The NZ Council for Civil Liberties AGM will be held on 7th September 2016 at 6:00pm at St Andrew'... |
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Te Papa: Simon Denny & Nicky Hager talk secret power What does Secret Power say about our national identity and role in surveillance? What is... |
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Papanui Library's attempts to hurt the young How can it be acceptable for anyone to use a device that deliberately hurts people in order to keep... |
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Submission: Maritime Crimes Amendment Bill Submission in respect of Maritime Crimes Amendment Bill 2016 1.0 Introduction... |
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Tech & Privacy Forum: Body-worn video camera & public services From the Office of the Privacy Commissioner: Our next Technology and Privacy forum is scheduled... |
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Initial reaction to the New Zealand Security & Intelligence Bill The new Security and Intelligence Bill does a lot. It merges four existing laws into one. It... |
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Resources: NZ Intelligence & Security Bill The Government has just announced the introduction of the NZ Intelligence & Security Bill 2016.... |
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The 5th Eye film makers respond to Privacy Commissioner We at the Council of Civil Liberties enjoy a good blog post as much as the next person, and were... |
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The Fifth Eye - documentary premiere(s) "The long anticipated documentary, THE 5TH EYE, that follows the story of the Waihopai... |
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Guest post: Strip searches in prisons - force and gender discrimination In this second of two articles, guest blogger Mark Hanna analyses recent data revealed on strip... |
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Guest post: Strip searches in prisons - what is reasonable? In this first of two articles, guest blogger Mark Hanna analyses recent data revealed on strip... |
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Liberty Watch April-May 2016 Censorship Wicked Campers slogans ruled objectionable by Chief Censor Three slogans on the vans... |
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Speech: It's about power, not privacy Speech given by NZCCL chairperson Thomas Beagle to the Rotary Forum - The Privacy Security... |
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Rotary Forum - The Privacy Security Dilemma The Rotary Club of Wellington presents the Rotary Forum: What kind of world exists between... |
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AboutMe is to privacy as FYI is to the OIA The New Zealand Privacy Commissioner has launched a new tool, AboutMe, to help people request their... |
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Libertywatch March 2016 Adoption Calls for urgent reform of New Zealand adoption laws New Zealand's 61-year-old... |
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Libertywatch February 2016 Round up of civil liberty related news from February 2016. Criminal Justice More prison cells... |
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The gaping hole at the heart of the Intelligence Review The need to maintain both security and the rights and liberties of New Zealanders has been at the... |
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Meeting Dates for 2016 The Committee of the NZ Council for Civil Liberties make its monthly meetings open to anyone who... |
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Libertywatch January 2016 Corruption Index New Zealand falls again in Corruption Index New Zealand has fallen to fourth... |
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Libertywatch December 2015 Counter-Terrorism 'Jihadi brides' free to return New Zealand women who have left the... |
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Libertywatch November 2015 Children’s Rights New Zealand adoption laws 'breach human rights' An adoption... |
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Government ignores High Court, won't change prisoner voting law The Government has now given it's answer - "The Government has no current plans to introduce... |
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Libertywatch October 2015 Armed Forces Iraqi-born woman told she couldn't enlist The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF... |
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Police control of information is anti-democratic and must stop The NZ Council for Civil Liberties is deeply concerned about the revelations from Dr Jarrod Gilbert... |
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Chairperson's Report 2015 I was elected as the chairperson of the NZ Council for Civil Liberties at last year’s AGM. At... |
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NZ spies deny public relations blitz The SIS and GCSB both deny creating a communications plan/media strategy for the 2015 Intelligence... |
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Submission: Child Protection [Child Sex Offender Register] Bill INTRODUCTION The New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties Inc [NZCCL] welcomes the opportunity to... |
