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- Two Kiwi health regulatory boards pinged for lax ICT security
- US court set to rule on Microsoft’s international data privacy spat
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Two Kiwi health regulatory boards pinged for lax ICT security
The IT security of two health regulators has been found wanting after an Upper Hutt IT security firm found confidential documents available online.
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US court set to rule on Microsoft’s international data privacy spat
The decision will determine whether US government officials can access data from Microsoft's servers in other regions.
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'World first' data wheel backbone of NZ trusted data guidelines
A data wheel and process are at the core of new New Zealand guidelines for trusted data use, released today.
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MSD probes use of all-of-government SharePoint application
A Microsoft SharePoint application used by over 30 of the largest government agencies will be at the centre of an independent review announced by Social Development Minister Anne Tolley yesterday.
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Halt WhatsApp data transfers, German privacy watchdog tells Facebook
Facebook must stop collecting information about WhatsApp users in Germany, a local privacy watchdog has ordered.
Features about privacy
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Secure Azure as Microsoft meets NZ Govt cloud computing criteria
Tech giant demonstrates Microsoft Azure’s ability to provide secure cloud computing to Kiwi companies.
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Dell: Rise of BYOD a ‘hackers dream’ as privacy risks rise across local enterprise
“Our mobile devices know more about us than ever before."
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Wearables: Are we handing more tools to Big Brother?
Most of us would love a break on our health insurance. We would generally appreciate the convenience of seeing ads for things we're actually interested in buying, instead of irrelevant "clutter." A lot of us would like someone, or something, else keeping track of how effective our workouts are.
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Why facial recognition isn't the way of the future... yet
It's the how the future is meant to be, isn't it? The good guys need to find a bad guy in a crowd of people, so they start scanning the environment with a camera that is equipped with facial recognition technology. Seconds later, they scan a face that's a positive match with an entry in their criminal database and bam, they've smoked him out.
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Trust issue looms large for tech companies capitalizing on personal data
As tech companies increasingly rely on analyzing and selling user data to boost revenue, trust is emerging as one of the defining issues of the year for the IT sector.
