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PwC Herald Talks: Apple and cyber security
PwC Herald Talks: Apple and cyber security with MP Amy Adams and Microsoft NZ Legal Counsel, Michael Brick.
David Rutherford: Terrorists win if our privacy is lost
The Independent Review of Intelligence and Security Services is due to deliver its recommendations to the Government on Monday.
Editorial: Compromise on data lost in posturing
FBI and Apple could surely look at shooter's phone without betraying wider public rights.
Naked judge photos posted on website
Pictures of a naked judge apparently holidaying at a nudist camp were used to promote the resort without the judge's knowledge.
Patients unaware staff prying in files
More than 70 upper North Island health workers have been disciplined for snooping into patients' records in the past three years.
Kids exposed to hackers through hi-tech toys
As toys go high-tech, hackers are zeroing in on a particularly vulnerable target - children.
Snapchat's new terms freak people out
Snapchat updated its Terms of Service last week, and the internet freaked out a little bit.
Nick Russell: OIA and TPP - Be careful what you wish for
People responsible for responding to OIA requests will need to take more care in identifying the documents that have been requested and considering their content, writes Nick Russell.
Facebook is following you around the web
Facebook is following you around the web, writes, Megan McArdle. This bothers many people, especially since it keeps expanding the list of things it knows about you, and the ways it is willing to use that data to make money.
MI5 contracts out spy jobs to UK Muslims
UK intelligence agency MI5 is paying Muslim informants for controversial short-term spying missions targeting homegrown Islamist extremists.
Young gambling with privacy
Millennials are most willing to gamble their privacy and security in exchange for a life online.
Spiral spam back to sender
A British developer has come up with an ingenious way of getting rid of annoying spam emails and getting revenge on the people sending them in one fell swoop.
Why Americans shouldn't demand a 'right to be forgotten'
Last year a European court ordered the online search giant to bow to people's interest in obscurity.
First TV drone complaint: No breach
The Privacy Commission has ruled that a drone did not breach a finger-pulling apartment-dweller's privacy when it flew within metres of his property.
Email outs vulnerable students
Vulnerable university students had their privacy breached in an email asking them to rate their experiences with counselling services.
Details of foreign students leaked
Personal details of foreign students studying in New Zealand have been leaked in a new Wikileaks dump.
Kiwis 'at risk of having data leaked'
Kiwis are at heightened risk of having their data leaked because of lax privacy law enforcement, a local insurance boss says.
Warning after health files stolen
Private medical notes about 90 patients - including details of a woman suffering mental illness after childbirth - were stolen from a social worker's car.
Daniel Toresen: The five simple steps to stopping stalkers in their tracks
One of New Zealand’s most experienced private investigators offers advice on how to deal with stalkers.
Brian Rudman: The GC(SB) - A touching story of everyday spies
Spy chief Rebecca Kitteridge dreaming of a show featuring her very own spooks, writes Brian Rudman. "If the public could see the people of the SIS doing their work, they would be delighted to see what hardworking, terrific people."
Shopper data caught up in RadioShack's bankruptcy
Tens of millions of customer records are up for sale despite promises not to sell data to third parties in RadioShack's privacy policy.
Pressure to stop mass data collection
In a speech to a privacy and identity conference in Wellington, Mr Dunne said it was crucial there were robust systems in place to protect the privacy.
Fresh inquiry into GCSB processes
The inquiry would study the way the GCSB chose its targets, what its decision-making process was and how it stuck to its duty to be politically neutral.
Daniel Toresen: Serving court notices via Facebook
Private investigator Daniel Toresen asks, can you serve court notices via Facebook? "The rule of effective service is to bring the notice to the person's attention in an expedient manner. Facebook is now an accepted method to do just that."
Cullen to head NZ spy review
A wide-ranging review into New Zealand's intelligence agencies will be headed by former Deputy Prime Minister Sir Michael Cullen and lawyer Dame Patsy Reddy.
Snowden GCSB docs not 'fabricated'
The “fabrication” claim has been part of the Prime Minister’s standard response to revelations of activities carried out by New Zealand’s electronic eavesdropping agency.