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Will a new border deal with the US open a backdoor into Kiwis’ personal data?

  • Written by Gehan Gunasekara, Professor of Commercial Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Anyone who has recently travelled to the United States will be familiar with biometric checks – facial and fingerprint scans – used at the border.

It is the same technology platform that is used in airports elsewhere in the world. New Zealand’s passports, for instance, are among those that now carry encrypted biometric...

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