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News about privacy
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Apple allows A/NZ users tool to see what data it has collected
Apple has rolled out an online tool allowing users to download, change or delete all the data that the iPhone maker has collected on them.
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EU privacy chief expects first round of GDPR fines by year-end
Regulators are set to exercise their new powers by handing out fines and even temporary bans on companies that breach a new EU privacy law.
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Mass action against Google over iPhone data blocked by London court
High Court blocks attempt to bring legal action against Google over claims it had collected sensitive data from over four million iPhone users.
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The CIO as CTO, CMO and CDO
Jason Delamore of Auckland Airport explains why his combined role works well in a highly complex, fast moving environment
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Tech giants to testify on data privacy
Six major web companies and internet-service providers will detail their consumer data privacy practices to a U.S. Senate panel on 26 September.
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.
