Driverless Cars

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New Zealand Privacy Act and Digital Trust in the 21st Century

May 2, 2017

This article is based on a presentation made during the Data Privacy Asia 2016 conference held on 9-11 November 2016. Author Karen Ngan is a commercial law partner at Simpson Grierson (New Zealand) . She co–heads the firm's information and communications technology group and its data protection and privacy group. In this article she discusses some of the challenges with dealing with 21st century privacy issues under a Privacy Act that is over 20 years old. She also covers some of the measures or practices that have been taken to address some of these challenges.

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Cyber Security Insights

Liability and Risk in Programming Autonomous Vehicles

August 1, 2018

Autonomous vehicles highlights pressing issues currently in technology law involving artificial intelligence and machine learning. What are the liability and risk problems that must be considered?

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Cyber Security Insights

Autonomous Vehicles and the Threat of Hacking

October 1, 2018

With autonomous vehicles gaining mainstream attention, the challenges that come with the tech are being scrutinized. The biggest of these is the threat of hacking.

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Cyber Security Insights

The FTC: The Shadow Cyber Regulator That Will Determine the Future of Self-Driving Cars

October 30, 2018

The FTC is a shadow regulator on cyber, and it is impacting what businesses must do about cybersecurity. Most troublingly, it is doing so without clear standards and in apparent self-denial. This may have wide-ranging ramifications for the future of self-driving cars.

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Data Privacy Insights

Connected Vehicles – Are Commuters in The Privacy Driving Seat?

November 9, 2018

Data collection and analytics from connected vehicles has troubling implications for the individual's privacy, not least because they simply have no choice. The use of motor vehicles is such a fundamental part of modern life that the invasion of privacy is all but unavoidable if new legislation is not promulgated.

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Cyber Security Insights

Fully Autonomous Cars Are Moving Forward Fast, So Are Efforts To Secure Them

November 19, 2020

Today there's a big difference between safety and security. But in the coming era of autonomous vehicles, there will be no difference between the two as electronic security becomes more important.

Driverless Cars

New Zealand Privacy Act and Digital Trust in the 21st Century

Liability and Risk in Programming Autonomous Vehicles

Autonomous Vehicles and the Threat of Hacking

The FTC: The Shadow Cyber Regulator That Will Determine the Future of Self-Driving Cars

Connected Vehicles – Are Commuters in The Privacy Driving Seat?

Fully Autonomous Cars Are Moving Forward Fast, So Are Efforts To Secure Them

Russian Hackers Suspected in UK Ministry of Defence Breach; Stolen Passwords Taken From Employee Personal Devices

Data Leak Exposes Prison Blueprints, Prompting Security Alerts Over Potential Jailbreaks and Smuggling

Navigating Privacy, Cybersecurity, and the Future of AI

FTC Bans Two Data Brokers From Selling Sensitive Location Data, Setting Precedent for Unfair Practices