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News about privacy
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Google debuts privacy controls, principles at I/O event
Google has announced new privacy controls for its services, including “incognito mode” for Google Maps, and published new privacy commitments for its hardware, showing how increased public scrutiny is forcing greater transparency in Silicon Valley.
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Kiwi private sector lags public in privacy protection
The Privacy Commissioner believes the private sector in New Zealand appears to be less focussed on privacy accountability than the public sector.
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ACC seeks guidance on cloud security, embarks on $131M payments project
After the relatively successful delivery of its $86 million Project Juno system, ACC is looking to the cloud and to develop a costly new payments platform.
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Cisco calls on governments to make privacy a 'fundamental human right'
Networking giant Cisco wants governments globally to take privacy more serious and make it a "fundamental human right".
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Apple fixes FaceTime privacy bug amid issue update
Apple has fixed a privacy flaw in its group video chat software and plans to improve how it handles reports of software bugs.
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.
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