It is not a matter of if but when Snowden makes damaging revelations about New Zealand's role in the 5 Eyes network, writes Paul Buchanan.

The UN General Assembly's human rights committee unanimously adopted a resolution sponsored by Brazil and Germany to protect the right to privacy against unlawful surveillance.

What else will American whistleblower Edward Snowden pull from his massive bag of secrets?

Abbott `regrets any embarrassment' but refuses to apologise for spying on SBY's cellphone.

Australian Prime Minister's troubles compounded by revelations that President Yudhoyono's calls were among those spied on.

The second half of the Government's rejig of spying laws passed its third reading yesterday.

The National Security Agency operates in close co-operation with four other English-speaking countries - Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - sharing raw intelligence, funding, technical systems and personnel.

A USB stick with sensitive information about 1200 clients of a life insurance company has been stolen from an employee's car.

Editorial: President Obama is in some trouble with friends and allies in Europe. Spying - even on friends - is as old as statecraft. What has changed is the method.

United States officials claim the White House only discovered the National Security Agency was spying on world leaders in the middle of the year.

New claims have emerged over the extent of United States intelligence agencies' monitoring of the mobile phone of Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Europe's leaders have turned their wrath on the United States, condemning as unacceptable the alleged "out of control" spying on citizens and governments.

Barack Obama has spoken to France's President Francois Hollande as a row rages over claims that a US spy agency eavesdropped on millions of phone calls of French citizens.

Vodafone has sent some of its staff a warning about delving into records after the Herald's hunt for the sender of a threatening text to Bevan Chuang.

Internet giants' plea for exemption fails to convince Communications Minister.

Almost 100,000 Kiwis have had personal details accidentally released under National, says Labour leader.

Millions of pieces of private information about New Zealanders are being shared between state departments - and that's set to be increased, a Herald investigation finds.

Over 30 new agreements are being explored between government agencies to share information about hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders.

Technology such as smart phones has led to spending more time working and increasingly taking work home, a survey has shown.

Smartphones have become the number one target for hackers trying to cheat New Zealanders, says a Kiwi academic who has been studying global trends.

The Privacy Commissioner has been consulted on the possibility of using identification numbers attached to preschoolers as a way to track and punish parents.

For almost three years the National Security Agency has been tapping the data it collects to map out some Americans' social connections.

The Government has acknowledged international criticism of its new law around online state surveillance but Google says it has failed to address those concerns.

Kiwi Bank was today red-faced after discovering that highly confidential documents had been handed across the counter to a member of the public at the Greymouth branch.