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.
Category: Privacy
Security and Privacy
Axenic selected for NZ all-of-government ICT Security and Related Services Panel (SRS Panel)
The Human Factor
EQC Privacy Breaches – “Going Dark” Is Not The Answer
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.