Spying by business and government agencies was largely been under the radar in New Zealand until being exposed over the last few years with Thompson & Clark Investigations Limited (TCIL). TCIL are a New Zealand registered company directed by Gavin Shane Clark and Nicolas Guy Thompson which, in their own words, We ensure a seamless …
It should be stated from the outset that I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. However, a lot of people will be worried about how the GDPR relates to them in New Zealand and I have been talking to a lawyer in the E.U. who sent me a short checklist for …
Your wrong. On May 8th Google announced Google Duplex. Google Duplex is a technology for conducting natural conversations to achieve real world tasks. In the examples given Duplex makes two phone calls. The first is a hairdressing appointment where it books an appointment for a client, interacts naturally with the unknowing person at the salon, …
There are many people who are amazed at all the controversy surrounding privacy at the moment. The European Union, Facebook, Google and Cambridge Analytica are in the news almost constantly and many people just don’t seem to care or refuse to consider how it effects them, especially in New Zealand. It might just be an …
At the beginning of 2018 in New Zealand there was a competition to design the Privacy Trust Mark for the Privacy Commission. This trust mark was to be used online to highlight excellent privacy practice in a product or service The winner was a graphic design artist from Christchurch and the final design is very …