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New Zealand's proposed biometrics code continues to raise consent concerns

By Saloni Sinha ( March 28, 2025, 06:29 GMT | Insight) -- The planned removal of a privacy safeguard from a proposed biometrics code in New Zealand has been criticized by the country’s leading consumer-rights group, which has argued that people need to give their consent before handing over their biometric data. In its recent submission to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Consumer NZ said that it was concerned about the removal of the first privacy safeguard in the exposure draft of the code, which deals with authorization based on an informed decision and a consumer’s ability to opt out. The planned removal of a privacy safeguard from a proposed biometrics code in New Zealand has been criticized by the country’s leading consumer-rights group, which has argued that people need to give their consent before handing over their biometric data....

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