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.

Kiwis eagerly awaiting today's iPhone announcement may see a low-cost version of the popular device, says a telco expert.

Former SAS commando Barrie Rice has been a bodyguard for the Sultan of Brunei's family, a security contractor for Blackwater in Iraq and now teaches gun skills to Hollywood actors.

United Future leader Peter Dunne hopes a new investigation will reveal exactly who accessed his email records during the GCSB leak inquiry.

Peter Dunne says the breach of his privacy by the Henry inquiry probing the leak of a report into the GCSB was down to its "shoddy" approach.

Officers in an elite unit set up to target the biggest criminal threats to NZ fear internal reprisals if they tell police bosses of "inappropriate conduct".

Every step onward increases the scale and complexity of the computer systems, until they are too big and complex for any one person to understand, writes Gwynne Dyer.

Facebook is being closely watched after the social network said it was considering running users' profile photos through its controversial facial recognition technology.

The Government's spy agency got away with breaking the law, after the decision not to prosecute over illegally spying, Green Party co-leader Russel Norman says.

Politicians who were instrumental in the passing of the controversial GCSB law are being targeted by the international hacker group Anonymous.

The detention and subsequent criminal investigation into the partner of a Guardian journalist threatens to undermine the position of the free press.

The spy agency charged with protecting New Zealand from "violent extremism and espionage" is looking for a new leader.

A Christchurch bar has sparked outrage after it installed cameras in its toilets in a bid to catch vandals and increase security.

Worldwide activist group Anonymous is believed to be behind a hack attack on the Government Communications Security Bureau website on Friday.

The Government Communications Security Bureau website was attacked by hackers earlier today.

Former head of Parliamentary Service Geoff Thorn, has refused to answer MPs' questions about whether he was told to resign over his role in the GCSB leak inquiry.

The snapper comparison set a lovely trap for Labour leader David Shearer, who obliged by falling into it, writes Claire Trevett.

Let us know Your Views and vote on whether you think NZ a safer place with the changes to the GCSB law, which passed at its third reading in Parliament.

Senior cabinet ministers Judith Collins and Anne Tolley have hit out at Prime Minister John Key's inquiry into the leak of a report on spy agency the GCSB, with Ms Collins saying it treated ministers' privacy with contempt.

The GCSB bill passed in Parliament last night with assurances from Prime Minister John Key that it would not open the door to wholesale spying on New Zealanders.