Wellington.Scoop report by Jem Traylen Police have removed a controversial web-tracking tool called Facebook Pixel from their website after a member of the public went to the media with his concerns. Last week, the NZ Council for Civil Liberties (NZCCL) released a media statement highlighting concerns from PhD researcher Kent Newman who discovered that some government agencies, including the Police, were using tracking tools such as Facebook Pixel on their websites without disclosing this to the public. A Police spokesperson said they reviewed the use of Facebook Pixel following NZCCL’s media statement and subsequent media enquiries. “The Facebook Pixel was set up in 2016 to support the constabulary recruitment campaign. However, New Zealand Police has not used the Facebook Pixel for this campaign for over 18 months and it has now been deleted. Police has no intention currently of re-enabling this tool. We are reviewing our policies to make sure they remain up to date.”