New Zealand Telecommunications Law: Eavesdropping Requirement for ISPs

New Zealand telecommunications network operators and Internet service providers will be legally obligated to install a system that will allow police or the secret service to eavesdrop on phone calls or e-mail messages, the New Zealand government has confirmed. . . . New Zealand telecommunications network operators and Internet service providers will be legally obligated to install a system that will allow police or the secret service to eavesdrop on phone calls or e-mail messages, the New Zealand government has confirmed.

Many will also have to pay for the capability, Associate Minister of Justice Paul Swain said today.

The changes to New Zealand's telecommunications laws were tabled last year. The legislation - the Telecommunications (Interception Capability) Bill - is being drafted right now, the minister said.

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