John Key worked to undermine the Herald's spying revelations before he knew what they were, writes David Fisher.

'We take our obligations under the Privacy Act seriously" is a common refrain, sadly, observed more in the breach, writes Gehan Gunasekara.

Apple boss Tim Cook's been on tour - saying he too is worried about online privacy.

Exclusive: Flaws in the management of New Zealand's spy networks have been exposed, including problems getting intelligence material to the Prime Minister.

Health authorities could gain an unprecedented picture of how the flu spreads with complex models that reveal how we move among each other.

Smartmeter concerns have been around for quite some time now, and yes, they can be hacked.

The broadcasters of Campbell Live have been ordered to pay a woman who carried out experiments on beagles.

Police have warned tenants searching for accommodation to beware of an international property scam as more attempts to dupe renters came to light yesterday.

One of seven men accused of running Megaupload as a piracy enterprise has been arrested in the US, prompting speculation he will testify against Kim Dotcom.

Unless it receives a more serious complaint, the company's only concern can be that it has staff so careless as to leave the lights on in a glass-fronted area.

The age of information-sharing is brilliant, as long as you have no secrets, writes Heather du Plessis-Allan.

Yes, you can have a reasonable expectation of privacy in a publicly visible place, writes privacy law expert Nicole Moreham.

Yet another guest visiting the businessman Kim Dotcom was detained by the Customs Service for hours. Welcome to New Zealand - unless you're here to see Kim Dotcom.

It's being described as a war, an arms race, an unseen struggle where the stakes are being raised and the weapons redefined each minute - the war a faceless cyber-criminal.

Sensitive health documents of four dead patients have been spilled on to a busy Auckland motorway.

The police raids on internet mogul Kim Dotcom’s mansion were legal, the Supreme Court has ruled.

North Korea is suffering internet outages just days after Barack Obama's warning over the Sony hacking.

Last month's devastating cyber-attack on Sony Pictures was not an "act of war", but simple vandalism, President Barack Obama has said.

There is a lesson for us all in the continuing revelations from stolen Sony emails being splashed over worldwide media.

Hackers have left movers and shakers in Hollywood nervous. Late last month, they breached the cyber security of Sony Pictures and have since leaked a trove of internal company data and emails.

Why country's spy chiefs can no longer get away with saying "we can neither confirm or deny" to questions about espionage.

The Countering Terrorist Fighters Legislation Bill is expected to pass tonight under urgency with the support of National and Labour.

The case of Kim Dotcom has taken an extraordinary turn with the internet entrepreneur given a shot at getting back $60 million being held by authorities in Hong Kong.

Rodney Hide writes: Prime Minister John Key likes to text. So, perhaps it would help us all if Labour and the Greens drew up a list of whom the Prime Minister can and can't text?