Are Smart Meters really collecting ‘torrents’ of Personal Information?

Last week the Dominion Post published a front-page article stating that the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) had found that smart meters were collecting a “torrent of personal information”. It appears that the media relishes creating hysteria about privacy in the hope that we all beat a retreat from digital-enabled age because our personal information is being ‘stolen’ by corporate businesses and government agencies.

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Security and Privacy

Contrary to popular belief security and privacy are not synonymous. This misconception appears to have been exasperated by the media reporting of the high profile privacy breaches that have occurred over the last couple of years.

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The Human Factor

Last week Verizon published its Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) 2013. This years report presents Verizon’s analysis of 47,626 security incidents.

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The EQC Privacy Breach – Where’s the Risk Management?

On Friday, Ian Simpson the Chief Executive of the Earthquake Commission (EQC) held a media conference and announced that a staff member had accidentally sent an email with an attachment containing a spreadsheet with the details of 9,700 Christchurch residents and their claims, to a recipient outside of the organisation.

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