The Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Auckland, being used as a Government managed isolation facility, is at the centre of a leak scandal. A security guard leaked details of returnees at an Auckland isolation facility via Snapchat, Stuff can reveal. University of Auckland associate professor of law Gehan Gunasekara researches information privacy and is chair of the Privacy Foundation NZ. Auckland University Auckland University associate professor Gehan Gunasekara researches information privacy and described the leak as “very serious”. However, the people affected could take a civil action under the Privacy Act against the agency which contracted the security guard, he said.

Source: Stuff August 18, 2020 04:41 UTC