A privacy group is warning that a proposed fix for congestion raises questions about the use and retention of personal information.
One of the likely measures to be brought in is what's known as time-of-use charging. This means drivers may end up paying on our busiest roads, at peak traffic times.
The Land Transport Management (Time of Use Charging) Amendment Bill is expected to pass before the end of the year.
Gehan Gunasekara is an Associate Professor in Commercial Law at Auckland University and a member of the Privacy Foundation. The convenor of their surveillance working group, he speaks to Susie about the group's recommendations for change.
State Highway 16 full of slow moving morning traffic as the sun rises. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly
