( August 31, 2026, 02:30 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner on Friday warned that smart glasses create heightened risks of covert recording, misuse of sensitive data and, if combined with facial recognition, more serious privacy harms. Businesses that provide the devices to staff are responsible for Privacy Act 2020 compliance and must ensure collection is necessary, transparent and not unfairly intrusive, supported by clear workplace policies, the watchdog said. The commissioner is monitoring the technology and has called for a review of whether New Zealand’s Privacy Act, including its personal-use exemption and privacy-by-design obligations for vendors, adequately addresses the risks.Statement follows....
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