The PM has been accused of withholding critical information on proposed mass surveillance from the public ahead of new spying legislation going through Parliament.

John Key says he won't release documents that show that spy agencies do not conduct mass surveillance until after Glenn Greenwald tries to prove the claim.

John Key says "without a shadow of a doubt GCSB does not conduct mass surveillance on New Zealand".

John Key will declassify highly sensitive documents to prove the GCSB pulled the plug on plans to spy on New Zealanders.

Paul Little writes: It has been a great election campaign for hoardings, which have done so much to brighten commuters' days.

Public relations business needs a little PR itself, as Dirty Politics raises questions about industry practices.

Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz, who is currently promoting a new film about a homemade sex tape going public, has called the leak of nude and explicit images of dozens of female celebrities 'a major violation'.

The officer who headed the 'Paintergate' and 'Teapot Tapes' inquiries is assessing a complaint over the hacking of Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater's computer.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has announced he will leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London soon.

We have been assured repeatedly by the Prime Minister that the Government Communications Security Bureau cannot spy on New Zealanders without a warrant.

The National Gallery in London is allowing visitors to take photographs of its collection for the first time after staff realised they were fighting a losing battle .

Labour leader David Cunliffe's student-friendly promises earned him a mostly warm reception on the campaign trail.

The internet credentials of some New Zealanders will almost certainly have fallen into the hands of a Russian cyber gang, an online security expert fears.

Former motorsport boss Max Mosley may serve an injunction on Google over the continued publication of images of him taken at an orgy.

Aviation authorities are writing new rules on drones prompted by fears about safety in the skies, and privacy concerns.

New privacy research reveals the alarming reach of our digital footprint, with some companies' client files extending to records of casual chats with staff and deleted CVs.

The national organ donation service at the Auckland DHB has been put on notice by an official-information watchdog after it was caught out deleting public records.

Companies in Japan are among the world's most vulnerable to cyber attacks, and threats against state entities have more than doubled since 2010 to one every 30 seconds.

A German intelligence "double agent" who allegedly sold hundreds of top secret documents to the Americans was caught by his own country's counter-espionage agents.

Editorial: Tortuous legal proceedings arising from the 2012 police raid on the Dotcom mansion have taken a disturbing turn for the authors of books.

A major courier company has blamed a bug in the system after customers were able to track and trace other people's parcels.

One of the problems with using passwords to prove identity is that passwords that are easy to remember are also easy for an attacker to guess, and vice versa.

Public bodies and private corporations including internet giant Google are flouting the public's right to access personal data being held on them.

The EU has to rely on antitrust and privacy rules to curb Google's search-engine dominance and can't just break up the company, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said.

NZ has often been seen as a passive participant in the Five Eyes intelligence - sharing alliance, not unlike a good kid hanging out with the wrong crowd, writes Anna Crowe.

Phone companies have revealed the extent of Govt agency spying on their networks, with more than 70 secret wire taps last year in New Zealand alone.

A major new poll on Australians' view of themselves and the world has revealed a nation nervous at the rise of China