Right to privacy in New Zealand
New Zealand is committed to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and has ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, both of which contain a right to privacy. Despite this, currently there is no general right to privacy in New Zealand law.
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Released by Wikipedia March 2014
Privacy trends 2014
Organisations, eager to please the voracious appetites of these super consumers, seize any opportunity available, often through an ever-emerging array of new technologies, to communicate, build relationships, gather reams of data and sell. But at what cost?
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Released by Ernst & Young 2014
New Zealanders' online privacy behaviours
The findings of a major national study examining the information behaviours of Kiwis in online commercial transactions, online transactions with government and on social networking sites, has just been released.
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Released by Victoria University March 2014
Discrimination, privacy and the disclosure of job candidate information
A recent decision of the Human Rights Review Tribunal contains significant developments for employers over their obligations to withhold and disclose private information.
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Released by Mondaq March 2014
Data privacy - where should I house my data?
In the age of Edward Snowden and the NSA, there are increasing concerns about data privacy and especially where best to keep data secure. The prevalence of cloud computing and cloud-based storage and collaboration services is only exacerbating these concerns.
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Released by Intralinks.com 2014
Risks of keeping old emails
The Office of the Banking Ombudsman recently dealt with a case that highlights the dangerous combination of unsecured public wi-fi and old emails containing sensitive personal documents and bank account information.
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Released by the Privacy Commission March 2014
How to formulate an effective smartphone security policy
The mobile revolution offers new ways of working, increasing efficiency, productivity and responsiveness of employees. There are benefits few businesses will fail to grasp, but with all this improvement comes increased security risk. Businesses cannot afford to ignore the risk and must formulate appropriate smartphone policies to manage it effectively.
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Released by Computer Weekly 2014