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Decision near on electricity "saves and winbacks" ban
Law & Regulation

Decision near on electricity "saves and winbacks" ban

The Electricity Authority is about to release its final decisions on new rules governing what happens when a consumer decides to switch electricity suppliers."We will release the decisions in the next two weeks and then implementation will begin from March," EA chief executive Ja...

Jenny Ruth 14 Feb 2020
Telcos censured over fair trading breaches
Law & Regulation

Telcos censured over fair trading breaches

The Commerce Commission today censured two of the country's largest telecommunication companies over the way they’ve previously charged customers. The more serious of the two saw brands owned by ASX-listed Vocus Group fined $121,500 for misleading and overcharging thousands of...

Dan Brunskill 13 Feb 2020
UPDATED: Hackers steal photo ID of 10,000 Generate KiwiSaver customers
Law & Regulation

UPDATED: Hackers steal photo ID of 10,000 Generate KiwiSaver customers

Hackers stole photographic ID for some 10,000 of the 26,000 Generate KiwiSaver customers affected by a raid on the most sensitive part of its website over the Christmas/New Year period.The company clarified today that while 26,000 of the 90,000 Generate accounts opened over the l...

Pattrick Smellie 13 Feb 2020
Hackers steal photo ID and tax codes from 26,000 Generate KiwiSaver customers
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Hackers steal photo ID and tax codes from 26,000 Generate KiwiSaver customers

Hackers have stolen photographic identification, tax department numbers, and personal names and addresses of some 26,000 customers of boutique KiwiSaver provider Generate in a Christmas holidays raid that targeted the most sensitive part of its website.In a statement earlier toda...

Pattrick Smellie 12 Feb 2020


Victoria Young
Victoria Young

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With a professional career spanning New Zealand, Singapore, and London, Victoria Young has been with BusinessDesk since 2019, initially as a senior reporter before taking on the role of investigations editor in 2022, then editor in 2024. 
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