Getting children used to that is the real cost, and it does not depend on anyone misusing a clip. Children who grow up watched in the bathroom become adults who expect to be watched everywhere. No privacy impact assessment measures that, and no drop in vaping is worth teaching it.
This guy is cool, but he always looks like he has been up for 3 weeks straight.
Apparently this happened back in 2023...
From the wiki page linked in the description:
Schools that put cameras in student toilets
Named in reporting between 2011 and 2025:
| Year | School | What was installed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Wainuiomata High School, near Wellington | Installed after a Privacy Commission warning that it may breach student privacy. | RNZ News |
| 2018 | Tauraroa Area School, Northland | Two cameras inside the Year 9–11 girls’ and boys’ toilets; the principal said they were meant to cover lockers. | New Zealand Herald |
| 2021 | Queen Elizabeth College, Palmerston North | A camera facing the sinks in the girls’ bathroom; the school was cautioned by the Privacy Commission and kept it. | 1News |
| 2021 | Wakatipu High School, Queenstown | Corridor cameras could see through glass into the cubicle foyer and were used to count who entered a cubicle. | Stuff |
| 2023 | Rangiora High School | Cameras in toilet corridors, triggered by a vape sensor rather than recording continuously. | 1News |
| 2024 | Cromwell College, Central Otago | Cameras in toilets; the board said they would record only the common corridor area. | Crux |
| 2024 | Awatapu College and Palmerston North Boys’ High School | Communal-area cameras were being trialled at Awatapu and were already installed in bathrooms at the boys’ school. | Manawatū Standard / Stuff |
| 2025 | Nelson College for Girls | CCTV in bathrooms; a student reported no signage and a camera visible from the toilet. | The Press |
The Secondary Principals’ Association described this as common practice as far back as 2011. (RNZ)
By 2026, the Ministry of Education’s school-property guidance recommended CCTV for large schools and directed readers to the Privacy Commissioner’s bathroom guidance—making a camera in a children’s toilet block a line item in routine property guidance. (Ministry of Education)
https://consumerrights.wiki/w/User:Louis/Cameras_in_New_Zealand_school_bathrooms
What's next? Cameras behind the bike sheds?!
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