{"id":57,"date":"2026-08-31T21:55:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T21:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.ishmit.dipwww.visioncollege.ac.nz\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2026-09-02T02:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T02:59:59","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.ishmit.dipwww.visioncollege.ac.nz\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"57\" class=\"elementor elementor-57\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-853f1c5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"853f1c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"4b9d4f2\" class=\"e-4b9d4f2-797b821 e-heading-base\">IT Laws, Ethics &amp; Technology<\/h2>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33092ee e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"33092ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c53ae6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c53ae6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"461\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.ishmit.dipwww.visioncollege.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-01-134915.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-97\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.ishmit.dipwww.visioncollege.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-01-134915.png 461w, https:\/\/wordpress.ishmit.dipwww.visioncollege.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-01-134915-300x236.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-551d5b6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"551d5b6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-paragraph-base\" data-interaction-id=\"20b4f8d\">Understanding IT Laws and Ethics in New ZealandTechnology has become a normal part of our daily life. We use computers, phones, websites and apps for studying, working, shopping and communicating with other people. Businesses also use technology to collect and store a lot of information.Because of this, people working in IT need to know about the laws and rules that apply to technology. 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