Tag: new zealand
  • Jul 29, 2020 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Surveillance,

Key questions raised about algorithmic transparency by new GDPR case brought against Uber by its drivers

Back in 2017, this blog noted a new threat to privacy from the increasing use of workplace surveillance. Once people’s work is quantified automatically, it can then be used for algorithmic management, as we described this year. The coronavirus lockdown has led to millions of people working from home for the first time. As well … Continue reading “Key questions raised about algorithmic transparency by new GDPR case brought against Uber by its drivers”

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  • May 14, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Surveillance,

Salami seller peddles his own meat to customer by using her contact tracing details

A New Zealand woman went to a Subway restaurant for a regular purchase of a sub sandwich, but then went home to an unpleasant surprise: unwanted advances from the man who sold her the sub sandwich. How did he get her contact information to hit on her? During the course of her purchase, she had … Continue reading “Salami seller peddles his own meat to customer by using her contact tracing details”

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  • Dec 5, 2019 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Roll-out of facial recognition by governments around the world accelerates as privacy experts sound the alarm

A year ago, this blog wrote about the spread of facial recognition systems, and the danger they represent to privacy. Since then, the roll-out has accelerated, as the technology becomes more accurate, and the products on offer become cheaper. Governments in particular see facial recognition as an easy way to check and control their populations. … Continue reading “Roll-out of facial recognition by governments around the world accelerates as privacy experts sound the alarm”

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  • Mar 18, 2019 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • Censorship, General Privacy News,

ISPs in AU and NZ start censoring the internet without legal precedent

Several websites including Voat, ZeroHedge, Archive.is, LiveLeak, and others have been blocked in Australia and New Zealand in direct contravention to civil liberties that citizens are supposed to have. The biggest of these internet providers, Telstra, has published a blog post defending their censorship action – even acknowledging that free speech has been sacrificed by … Continue reading “ISPs in AU and NZ start censoring the internet without legal precedent”

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