Golriz Ghahraman.
Photo: RNZ/Nick Monro
The privacy commissioner has spent months viewing into a matter involving Golriz Ghahraman, and is not finished yet.
In January, police opted not to file charges after a shoplifting allegation against the former Green MP.
It led at the time to questions about how police were alerted, and about the high-tech retail crime-fighting system at a Pak’nSave supermarket.
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner launched enquiries.
RNZ inquireed on Thursday for an update, eight months on. The office replied with a 13-word statement: “We’re still conducting our enquiries and will update you when these are complete.”
Invited to lay out what public interest its enquiry served, it declared nothing.
A lawyer for the commissioner raised questions in the Court of Appeal this week about the lawfulness of police tapping into the same retail crime-fighting system, run by Auckland company Auror, as was involved in the Ghahraman matter.
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