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It’s Cyber Security Awareness Week
This week is New Zealand's first official Cyber Security Awareness Week, which means it's a great time to improve your online security.
Password security is important to get right, but it’s one area not many people do well in. The good news is that it’s easy to improve, so here are a few tips to help keep your passwords secure:
Do's
- Length - use eight or more characters
- Complexity – Include upper and lower case letters, numbers, symbols and so on
- Variation – Change your passwords every few months
- Variety – Use a different password for each account (if one account is compromised you won’t lose them all) More...
Update to the banned and restricted items list
We've recently updated the items that can’t be listed on Trade Me, or can only be listed in limited circumstances.
Significant changes have been made to digital media, firearms, flights, ladders and offensive weapons while other sections have been brought up to date.
It's always a good idea to check if you're unsure whether your item is able to be listed on the site. You can see the complete updated banned and restricted items list here.
Update to Privacy policy
We have updated our Privacy policy to keep pace with how we use new technology. The section about cookies has been extended to include local storage, and the old iPhone section has been updated to reflect all the great mobile apps we now offer on different platforms.
As always your privacy is really important to us, so while the changes aren’t significant, we wanted to let you know.
View our updated Privacy policy now – in particular see ‘Cookies and local storage’ and ‘Mobile’ sections.
New restrictions on selling ladders
You may be aware of a recent issue where a ladder purchased from a seller on Trade Me collapsed, causing the buyer a serious leg injury.
After an investigation by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, the ladder was found to have failed to meet the safety standard AS/NZS 1892.1:1996. This is currently a voluntary standard.
We are concerned there may be other ladders being sold that do not meet the standard, so we are introducing a new requirement that only new ladders that comply with this standard can be listed. This change will take effect from 1 July 2012, giving members a month to get ladders they have in stock tested to the standard. More...
Payment delays - Queens Birthday
Queens Birthday is coming up this Monday, so we wanted to let you know there will be a delay with payments if you use phone or internet banking to top up your Trade Me account. If your payment is made after 8pm on Friday 1 June, it will not arrive in your Trade Me account until Wednesday 6 June.
We are sorry for the inconvenience caused, but this is how the banks roll on Public Holidays. We hope you all have a safe and happy long weekend.