Archives New Zealand has indefinitely removed access to its widely used online search system for its collections after restricted records containing private information became publicly visible. Now the only way people can access Archives’ collections is by going into physical Archives offices and requesting physical copies of records. On Friday, the Government record-keeping authority discovered …
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Online Access to New Zealand’s Archives’ Records Removed After Potential Privacy Breach
Archives New Zealand has indefinitely removed access to its widely used online search system for its collections after restricted records containing private information became publicly visible. Now the only way people can access Archives’ collections is by going into physical Archives offices and requesting physical copies of records. On Friday, the Government record-keeping authority discovered …
$90 Million Facebook Privacy Settlement Approved By Judge
If you are a Facebook (now called Meta) user, you might be interested in this: This week, a federal judge in California gave final approval to a $90 million privacy settlement granted to Facebook users in a decade-old class action suit. The case, originally filed in 2011, claimed that Facebook tracked the activity of …