The tech giant is going to stop reading your Gmail in search of opportunities to sell ads.

Bill English says it was he who told police of MP's secret recordings.

COMMENT: Have your information spied upon silently, or be blocked from communicating?

A destructive computer code used to bring down a power grid has sparked fresh fears.

British election fires up debate with those who now call New Zealand home.

Public opinion seems to be narrowly supporting gender-neutral options for school uniforms.

Documents released to the Herald reveal details of a proposed "disadvantage index"

Cop who left victim file in public view 'gutted' by mistake.

Social Development Minister 'disappointed' after data breach review criticises department.

University of Otago plans to place 60 cameras around the campus for students' safety.

A woman took a hotel to court in an attempt to find out the name of the father of her baby

COMMENT: Today's excessive privacy often hides characteristics society should respect.

Debt collection agencies are heavily regulated and should not strong-arm you.

To protect both themselves and their customers, companies need to secure their data.

Meanwhile, a plan to require all NGOs to give up their private data has been criticised.

A new study has shown 16 per cent of Australian doctors have Googled their patient.

Police investigated a relationship between a man in his 50s and a teenage girl.

US president under pressure to force WhatsApp to hand over vital evidence on the attack.

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.

The move comes in the wake of concerns over law enforcement's tracking of protesters in Ferguson.

The man credited with inventing the World Wide Web says we need to make some drastic changes.

A doctor was shocked when personal medical notes were accessed by her employer.

WikiLeaks has threatened to release the software code of CIA hacking tools to tech firms.

COMMENT: Bribery may be rare in New Zealand but other forms of corruption are not, writes Grant McLachlan.

Nicky Hager says he will take Westpac to the Human Rights Tribunal.

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.

Double-murderer Jason Reihana was treated at Waikato Hospital earlier this month next to patients unaware they were sharing a ward with him.

Westpac has failed in its argument to the Privacy Commission that customers sign away their rights to privacy when they agree to the bank's "terms and conditions".

Comment: New ways of teaching have some merits, but many flaws.