Ihug Rant - Was Re: [nzlug] NZLUG List Problem? - 'Bounces' with 452 Throttled due to...

[Mathew Carley]

Correct me if I am wrong, (IANAL) but would this not constitute a 
blatant violation of the Privacy Act (1993) and also some other act (I 
forget which one) from about 1961, as I recall... I remember doing some 
research on an act regarding illegal collecting of evidence by police 
about a month ago for my brother (long story short: it's illegal for a 
police person to have a concealed tape recorder in his pocket/room/car 
when you are being questioned, be it in or outside of the police 
station, and if you are being recorded you must be notified, and 
evidence to be given in court should preferably be on video and the 
*original* copy should be shown, not a backup...)

I'm quite sure that they need some form of warrant or something like 
that, otherwise you could probably also get them (if you happen to 
detect an intrusion) under one of the computer information and security 
acts as well. If deemed necessary I can probably find the relevant acts 
and/or clauses within. From the information I have gathered, the only 
way that they can legally search your computer is if they literally 
seize the equipment (and they have to have some court order/warrant to 
do that).

It's not a matter of the state giving themselves the right per se, I 
think its more about the misinformation or lack of public knowledge with 
regards to these (for lack of a better description) gestapo tactics - in 
my brothers situation, if I hadn't told my mother & brother that what 
the policeman had done to my brother was illegal, neither of them would 
have known.

Again, correct me if I'm wrong (I may very well be interpreting the laws 
incorrectly).

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Regards

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Ron Wilson wrote:
> All you achieve is that you have a slightly greater privacy than with an
> ISP mail account. However if Law Enforcement in NZ decides you are an
> interesting character they can and will read your email and trawl
> through your computer system. Just because it is residing on your own
> server does not stop them.
> I am amazed that there has been so little outcry about the state giving
> themselves the right to invade your home computer/email etc without any
> form of a warrant. And you would never know unless they decided to
> arrest you