
Whistleblowers could be outed in Nigel Murray case
Confidential statements made during probe may have to be released.
Confidential statements made during probe may have to be released.
Supermarkets maintain their facial data collection complies with privacy rules.
A major supermarket chain is using facial recognition technology in its stores.
A new Govt bill does not include a power to fine companies for harmful privacy breaches
Olga Ovsyannikova feared her photos may end up on a porn site.
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards' advice to drone operators is "don't be creepy".
The Privacy Commissioner says the university was right to refuse the request.
New Zealanders were caught up in Uber's huge data breach.
An alleged scammer who was named and shamed on Facebook has lost a bid for compensation.
An independent review at the Ministry for Social Development had been announced.
An amendment to the Telecommunications Information Privacy Code now means emergency calls can be tracked to help emergency services locate you more quickly. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
A student leader has been awarded $18,000 compensation after a privacy breach.
The country's biggest banks all have different positions on the circumstances under which they would give up your data to the authorities.
The Privacy Commissioner has publicly censured a Whanganui drilling company for failing to protect an employee's confidential information.
More than 70 upper North Island health workers have been disciplined for snooping into patients' records in the past three years.
The Privacy Commission has ruled that a drone did not breach a finger-pulling apartment-dweller's privacy when it flew within metres of his property.
Vulnerable university students had their privacy breached in an email asking them to rate their experiences with counselling services.
A plan to reveal the number of times agencies such as the police request and receive personal data from a range of companies has been applauded by Trade Me.
Labour leader David Cunliffe's student-friendly promises earned him a mostly warm reception on the campaign trail.
The departing Privacy Commissioner has issued a stern warning over the growing threat posed by big data entities, and underlined the need for her office to have more power to keep them in check.
A USB stick with sensitive information about 1200 clients of a life insurance company has been stolen from an employee's car.
Facebook is being closely watched after the social network said it was considering running users' profile photos through its controversial facial recognition technology.
The scale of the US drone programme is such that more pilots are now recruited to fly unmanned aircraft than conventional fighter planes, writes Toby Manhire.
Banks have united to keep mum on how often they give customer details to police without a warrant.
Banks get daily requests from the police for personal banking information, and one says it is influenced by law enforcement interest when it assesses customers.
Police got personal banking details of Kim Dotcom and his staff without getting a search warrant in a move that has implications for bank customers.