It recently came to the public’s attention that the Inland Revenue Department had been providing social media firms with the personal details of taxpayers to be used in marketing campaigns.
While the IRD have tried to reassure taxpayers that their details were anonymised using a hashing process that would replace the letters in their names with numbers, many have raised concerns about the potential privacy implications that could come with their personal data being sold to social media companies, as well as the efficacy of the hashing process itself.
Wire Host Oto spoke to Gehan Gunasekara, Associate Professor in Commercial Law at the University of Auckland, to discuss the IRD’s selling of taxpayer data to social media firms and its potential implications.
Toro y Moi's CD-R mix from the release of Hole Erth- the mix was burned onto a bunch of blank CDs and dropped into record stores across the U.S! Thanks to Chaz for sharing the mix with 95bFM <3
This week on The Green Desk things get shitty — New Zealand has a poo problem: An estimated 100 million tonnes of cow and sheep manure fall onto New Zealand pastures each year, causing an environmental and economic stink.
Reporter Jack Marshall went to see a man about a dung beetle. Dung Beetle Innovations’s Dr. Shaun Forgie is a specialist in dung beetle reproduction, ecology and evolution. And if he has his way, every farm in New Zealand will have these bugs following around their animals.
Rosetta and Allysha Joy talk about Allysha's new album The Making of Silk. The album is out September 13 - whakaronga mai nei to learn about the artists influences on Allysha's new music!
This week we have special guest Naram (A-grade riddim maker) zooming in to chat, ahead of his performance at Reggae Rodeo 10th Anniversary Bash at Galatos on Saturday 21st September. Tix available via link at 95bFM.com
Playlist
Peter King - One Shot of Vodka
Dub Asylim - Diggers Way Down In Space Canyon Are Bugging Out
Sheila & Des Majek - Green Leaves
Clout - Sunshine Baby
FC Music - Pomar Fresco
Meridian Brothers - Los Golpeadores De La Cumbia
Space Primo - Kumbia Patatús feat: Mextape
Niko Marks - Against Violence
Voilaaa - System System feat: Lass
Te Huhu - On Holiday
Naram - interview ahead of Reggae Rodeo 10th Anniversary Bash at Galatos, Saturday 21st September
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