Information security

Sorry, Auckland Airport, but I’m not really interested in receiving marketing updates from you.

Opinion
Travel tips

No, I don’t want emails from the world’s most boring airport thanks

Everywhere travellers go these days, someone is demanding their email address – in return for free Wi-Fi or to be able to buy something. Here’s how I dodge it.

Ben Groundwater

Australian passports have sophisticated security features, but once you have provided its details to a third party, you’ve lost control of that data.

Opinion
Tripologist

Do travel companies really need scans of our passports?

The recent data breach of thousands of Australians’ passports begs the question whether some travel operators actually need this amount of information.

Michael Gebicki

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/topic/information-security-5ym