Gartner has released a list of what it sees as the most important strategic tech trends to be aware of in the quickly upcoming year.

"The ruling temporarily puts to an end DomainTools’ bulk harvesting of .nz domain holders’ personal information and selling that data for a profit."

“There’s currently no law requiring companies like Z Energy, Vector, or LinkedIn to tell New Zealanders if their data has been leaked."

Digital Suitcase is an online platform that teaches everyday adults digital knowledge that they need to thrive in the digital world.

"You could quite reasonably be uncomfortable knowing you’re being monitored, even if you know that it’s helping reduce the environmental footprint."

"The potential privacy implications which come with the advent of IoT are too alarming to ignore."

CA Technologies is one of eight technology partners that will shape a European research project designed to facilitate software privacy by design.

Australian organisations should be looking at their ICT security as part of their planning process for the new financial year.

A new research report further supports the stark reality of just how many scammers are trying their luck on New Zealanders.

"To assume that the Australian Privacy Principles allow for release of information if a person has a 'reasonable expectation' is ludicrous."

"We didn’t want to allow even one hole in how the system was built since that would jeopardise our clients, it was a very iterative process.”

In recent years, user privacy and security have become paramount, while criminals attempt to coerce, steal and manipulate users for their data.

Members of the Veeam leadership team give their perspective on how they will maintain their integrity as they move forward on their journey.

“Organisations need to invest further in strategies to ensure trust, transparency and choice are front and centre."

Digital Rights Watch believes Australians’ human rights are being ‘severely breached’ through the actions of private organisations and governments.

Cybersecurity experts from Sophos, Trend Micro, CyberArk, Mimecast, Bitglass & others share their thoughts on privacy and what it means for security.

"Clearly, privacy matters to a number of individuals in the .nz domain name space," comments Domain Name Commissioner Brent Carey.

RealMe and Trade Me’s Transparency Reporting websites are the first two recipients of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner’s new Privacy Trust Mark.

I spoke to Aura’s general manager Peter Bailey to get his take on Privacy Week, data security, and why privacy is everyone's responsibility.

Digital trust is no longer solely about firewalls and encryption. It reflects an organisation’s character.

Those on a lower income of $55,000 or less were more likely to be concerned about privacy (77%) than those with higher incomes (63%).

“We believe that it should be safe and easy for everyone to prove who they are. This means giving people a secure option to verify their identity."

Data Privacy Day is a good reminder for organisations to build a human-centric security approach.

The generally perilous state of affairs in the Internet-of-Things (IoT) arena presents a host of challenges of its own.