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Ferguson v De Koker [2020] NZDC 22891

Published 01 June 2022

Harmful Digital Communications orders — intimate digital recordings — name suppression — Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015, s 19(4)(a). The applicant sought orders under the Harmful Digital Communications Act, that the respondent remove material from the internet, refrain from uploading similar material and refrain from encouraging others to do so. The parties had been in a relationship, during which intimate digital recordings were made of their activities. The respondent later posted some of the recordings to various websites. The respondent said that he had already removed the recordings and would not upload any more. He consented to the orders being made. The Court made an order for permanent suppression of the applicant's name, and also ordered $1700 in costs against the respondent. Judgment Date: 3 November 2020. * * * Note: names have been changed to comply with legal requirements. * * *

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