Fran Unsworth the burgeoning Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal. She ceased this role in August 2013 and was appointed Deputy Director of News and Current Affairs. In November 2013, Unsworth was replaced as Head of Newsgathering by Jonathan Munro. Unsworth was president of the Society of Editors between 2011–12, and is a board member of the organisation. She is also a board member of the European Union's Erasmus Mundus programme. In August 2014, Unsworth ordered helicopter filming of a police raid on a mansion belonging to Cliff Richard. The coverage led to the singer suing the BBC for breach of privacy. On
Right to privacy in New Zealand hoped that this new Act would resolve this complex question, and strike an appropriate balance of maintaining the individual’s human rights to privacy while ensuring that New Zealand’s national security be protected. Although the legislation has been justified as a measure to prevent New Zealand from terrorist attacks, this needs to be weighed carefully given the actual and perceived threat that the country may be under at any given time, versus the infringement on individuals’ rights of privacy, and freedom of expression and opinion. In dissenting judgments in "Brooker v Police", two judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand