> "The US is obviously struggling at the moment with the rule of democracy and rights-based society. They have government-sponsored gangs of people wearing masks who refuse to identify themselves disappearing people off the streets," Beagle said.
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> "This is seriously in the direction of heading towards fascism - the idea that we're then going to give these people access to our private data and even the private data of people associated with travellers is very, very concerning.
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> [...] New Zealand's Privacy Commission declined to answer questions on whether it had been consulted, what safeguards or limitations were or should be in place and whether a Privacy Impact Assessment had been carried out.
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