By Saloni Sinha ( July 10, 2026, 06:49 GMT | Insight) -- A parliamentary committee has recommended the Policing Amendment Bill be passed after declining the New Zealand privacy regulator’s request for regulation-making powers to impose safeguards on the law enforcement agency’s expanded powers to collect images, sounds and personal information for intelligence purposes. In a report published this week, the Justice Committee, chaired by New Zealand First party’s Jamie Arbuckle, said it had “seriously considered” recommending powers to make regulations setting safeguards for how police store, retain, use and destroy personal information they collect.A parliamentary committee has recommended the Policing Amendment Bill be passed after declining the New Zealand privacy regulator’s request for regulation-making powers to impose safeguards on the law enforcement agency’s expanded powers to collect images, sounds and personal information for intelligence purposes....
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