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New Zealand will now fine travellers who do not provide phone passwords when they cross the New Zealand border. Travellers who refuse to provide the password to their mobile device will be hit with a fine of up to $5000. This change to NZ law does not bode well for the New Zealand travel industry with an averse reaction from tourists who will now avoid New Zealand. Previously NZ customs officers could demand that a device be relinquished but not the password to unlock it. The intent of the access is to search the phone file-by-file where customs have a "reasonable cause to suspect" that a search is required. In 2017 a total of 537 searches were carried out. The New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties has objected to the new law describing it as a grave invasion of personal privacy". Travellers have taken to social media to express their opinion on the new law.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 05 2018, @07:09PM (3 children)
NZ issues me a fine, I travel back to my home country and forget about it. Unless I return to NZ, how would they enforce it? Also, hasn't the USA been doing the same (or worse) for a while now?
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 05 2018, @07:48PM (1 child)
Do they issue you a fine and let you go, or do they hold you until the fine is paid?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 06 2018, @06:17AM
They dress you in a sheepskin and hand you over to the local farmboys. You pay pretty quick.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 08 2018, @08:18PM
As far as I know, the US doesn't yet allow for demanding passwords, unless you have already admitted that the phone is yours.