Related issues outside the scope of the Review 16. The Commission notes that the 2013 and 2014 legislative reforms to intelligence and security law have avoided the issue of countering radicalism, nor has the use of ethnic or racial profiling in surveillance operations been directly addressed. The Commission considers that both civic education initiatives and community development approaches that avoid stigmatisation of particular communities are essential components of any security framework. These activities should have the ongoing resource and support required for them to flourish13. These measures are also an important component of Pillar 1 of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, which calls upon States to14: “promote a culture of peace, justice and human development, ethnic, national and religious tolerance and respect for all religions, religious values, beliefs or cultures by establishing and encouraging, as appropriate, education and public awareness programmes involving all sectors of society.” 17. The Commission also notes the ongoing challenge posed by the exponential growth in the collection and use of personal data by private sector entities. The ISR Panel has noted that the public is as equally, if not more, concerned about the use of personal data by private companies as they are in respect of Government agencies15. The ISR Panel goes on to express its concern that mass data collection and surveillance by private sector organisations are “largely overlooked in discussions of transparency”16. While this concern falls outside the scope of this Review, the Commission considers that the Review’s findings may have the potential to model best practice approaches that are of application across the public and private sectors. Summary of the Commission’s recommendations 18. The Commission has focused its submission at high-level issues arising from the Review rather than statutory detail. A summary of the Commission’s positions on the various amendments to intelligence and security legislation that have taken place since 2013 can be found in the annexure to this submission. 19. The Commission has accordingly formulated the following recommendations for the Reviewers to consider: 13 Speech by David Rutherford, Chief Commissioner, Protecting the balance: trust, confidence, privacy and intelligence, NZIP Annual Conference, 15 July 2015, https://www.hrc.co.nz/news/protecting-balance-trust-confidence-privacy-andintelligence/ 14 United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, A/RES/60/288, 2006, Pillar 1, para 3 15 A Democratic License to Operate p 35, para 2.24 16 ibid p 44, para 2.53 Page 81 of 93 Human Rights Commission submission to the Human Rights Committee in relation to New Zealand’s 6th periodic review under the ICCPR