The Telecommunications Interception Capability and Security Bill has now passed the third reading in Parliament by a vote of 61 to 59 (National, United Future and ACT voted for it). See our earlier coverage for more about what’s wrong with the TICS Bill and how it has changed over time. The bill codifies the government’s … Continue reading TICS – Second spy law passes
The TICS Bill (Telecommunications Interception Capability and Security), a partner to the GCSB Bill that has already been passed, is progressing through Parliament. See our round-up of articles about the Bill. The Bill has been modified twice: The Bill as reported back (PDF) by the Law & Order Select Committee on 19/9/2013. A supplementary order … Continue reading Changes to the TICS Bill
The GCSB Bill has now been passed by Parliament. Next up is the Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Bill also know as the TICS Bill. This is an update of the Telecommunications (Interception Capability) Act (2004) that forced communications providers (ISPs, telcos, data networks, etc) to provide “lawful intercept” capabilities so that the Police, SIS … Continue reading Next: the TICS Bill
Text of our submission to the Law and Order Select Committee re the Telecommunications (Interception Capability & Security) Bill. Introduction I represent Tech Liberty, we’re a group dedicated to defending civil liberties in the digital age. In general we support the ability of the government to have interception capabilities on telecommunications where possible, when … Continue reading TICS Bill – Oral Submission
After our recent article looking at the TICS (Telecommunications Interception Capability & Security Bill), we were contacted by Brad Ward, the Programme Manager of the Telecommunication Review at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MoBIE). He had some issues with what we wrote, and in particular he rejected our claim that the bill gave … Continue reading Does the TICS Bill really give the GCSB control and oversight of NZ telecommunications?
The government has announced two new Bills for reforming the GCSB and expanding their powers. The first is the GCSB and Related Legislation Amendment Bill (PDF) and the second is the Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Bill (PDF). This article is a summary of the major parts of the TICS Bill. The TICS Bill is … Continue reading Govt proposes GCSB control over NZ communications in new TICS Bill
It started with a Tweet from Steve Cotter, CEO of REANNZ: Trying to do the same in NZ, but govt's TICSA legislation makes deploying SDN/NFV in backbone networks challenging http://t.co/91MUpxfOnw — Steve Cotter (@SteveCotter) February 22, 2015 Before we go any further let’s unpack some of those acronyms and add one more: REANNZ – “REANNZ … Continue reading The GCSB’s brake on innovation
We made an oral submission to the Justice and Electoral Select Committee about the Harmful Digital Communications Bill as a follow-up to our written submission. This oral submission concentrated on two misconceptions that we see as underpinning the bill: that speech should never harm anyone, and that different rules should apply to speech online and … Continue reading HDC Bill: oral submission
Text of the Tech Liberty submission to the Justice and Electoral Select Committee concerning the Harmful Digital Communications Bill. (Or download PDF of original version with footnotes.) Summary We believe that this Bill is based on false premises about the nature of freedom of expression and the differences between digital and non-digital speech. We see … Continue reading Submission: Harmful Digital Communications Bill
The safe harbour provisions in the Harmful Digital Communications Bill are a serious threat to online freedom of speech in New Zealand. How it works Anyone can complain to an online content host (someone who has control over a website) that some material submitted by an external user on their site is unlawful, harmful or … Continue reading Safe harbours in HDC Bill are a threat to freedom of expression