Despite 3 million Britons buying a wearable device in 2015, many are not willing to use them at work, according to new research from PwC.

Transport Minister Simon Bridges says road tolling could be done by GPS satellite, as opposed to toll gantries or cameras.

Nearly half of female students spoken to in a new survey said they had had an embarrassing photo put online against their will last year.

Tech leaders are meeting in San Francisco to discuss making the Web a more decentralised, secure, and less censored place.

What's the first thing you would do if you lost your smartphone?

We're beginning to see the long-term impact of Apple vs FBI.

If users want their messages to be encrypted, they will have to opt in.

Is it possible for a connected society to ever be fully secure?

Ahead of Privacy Week, science reporter Jamie Morton finds many Kiwis now accept their personal data doesn't just belong to them.

I decided to try a little experiment to see what would happen if I asked my cell phone provider if it would tell me if any government agencies had request access to my phone records, writes Felix Marwick.

Kiwis more worried about corporates accessing their data than Government doing it, internet user survey finds.

Government announcements on pay-as-you-go rules and greater IRD disclosure powers welcomed by experts.

New tax rules might be more convenient for small business, but IRD is getting new powers to share tax details with others.

New Zealand's intelligence agencies would be able to access individuals' tax information if parliament backs the recent review carried out by Michael Cullen and Patsy Reddy.

COMMENT: Cullen-Reddy report finds little to offset concerns raised by our links with global intelligence network, writes Keith Locke.

Labour leader Andrew Little met United States' intelligence chief James Clapper yesterday - on the initiative of the Prime Minister's office.

Three solutions that allow officials to gather evidence without the creation of "backdoors."

"Free society" appears twice within the report but isn't it reasonable to hope the concept might get more of a look in? Toby Manhire investigates.

When Sir Michael Cullen was asked why he and Dame Patsy Reddy had not simply recommended a merger of the two intelligence agencies, he was blunt, writes Claire Trevett.

Tim Cook's experiences growing up as a gay youth in rural Alabama are key to understanding how he became an outspoken corporate leader.

The Constitution does not allow the government to conscript private companies to invent products or to change the products that they have invented," Apple's lawyer said.

People are a big part of the cybersecurity problem.

Apple heads to Washington to make its case.

The companies are showing their support for Apple, which is fighting the U.S. government over accessing a locked iPhone.

The Government mostly needs no warrant and companies hand over information even if not legally obligated to do so, writes Rodney Hide.

The fight between Apple and the US government comes down to a technical enigma wrapped in layers of emotional debate.