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Viewing entries tagged with 'data'

UK supermarket chain ‘vicariously liable’ for data leak Angus Jamieson
2 February 2018 at 10:23

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Breach Case 6: Reusing and recycling Neil Sanson
29 November 2017 at 16:24

A recent data breach incident gave us an example of how trying to be careful in one respect can lead to unintended bad consequences in other ways.

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Algorithmic transparency: what happens when the computer says “no”? Vanessa Blackwood
29 November 2017 at 16:15

At Nethui, I was delighted to hear the Minister for Government Digital Services, Hon Clare Curran, bring up algorithmic transparency as a concept that needs further exploration. It was a statement that prompted the following speaker, Jillian C. York of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, to express happy surprise - that a government minister would publicly acknowledge the importance of algorithmic transparency.

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Rodents and hackers Colin Trotter
29 September 2017 at 16:19

I don’t usually converse in metaphors and analogies but bear with me as I liken hackers to rodents and discuss security in keeping both of them at bay.

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Benchmarking against international privacy peers Blair Stewart
20 August 2017 at 18:00

It can be useful to compare an organisation’s processes or performance against another one’s competitors in the same industry class. It is especially useful to compare with the ‘best in class’ and set targets to meet or exceed the industry norms. This is sometimes called ‘best practice benchmarking’ and is an important tool to support continuous improvement.

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More privacy authorities online than ever Blair Stewart
17 August 2017 at 16:53

When the Office of the Privacy Commissioner launched its website in 1995, very few government organisations in New Zealand had an online presence. The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, Te Ara, tells us that the first New Zealand website was created only in 1992.

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Breach Case 5: Taking client files offsite Neil Sanson
4 August 2017 at 15:04

You keep your home safe, don’t you? So there should be no problem taking some work notes home, rather than travel the extra distance to drop them off at the office at the end of the day; or to have to pick them up in the morning at the office. You are saving time and avoiding unnecessary travel. But homes do get burgled, thousands in any month.

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If you spot a security flaw, tell CERT NZ Neil Sanson
4 August 2017 at 11:36

Computer systems always seem to have problems and vulnerabilities. Some data breaches occur because of those vulnerabilities. If you spot a vulnerability or security flaw in a website, you can first report it to the organisation. They are generally happy to hear about a problem, so they can fix it.

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