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Key: No GCSB legal loophole
Prime Minister John Key categorically denies that the GCSB has been circumventing New Zealand law by accessing information from an international spying network.
Gehan Gunasekara: Orwell's worst nightmares looming large
Privacy scholars refer to the dangers of aggregation of data and the potential this affords for profiling of individuals and for making of assumptions, writes Gehan Gunasekara.
Website toxic, warns mum
A mum will lobby NZ companies to pull their ads from a Latvia-based social networking site after her 12-year-old daughter was asked to provide explicit photos.
Peters has not seen emails - Key
PM John Key doesn't believe Winston Peters has seen emails between Peter Dunne and a reporter, saying Mr Peters is all "bluff and bluster".
Arm of US security law faces trial
On May 29, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told Democracy Now! that the Obama Administration's bid to convict Bradley Manning was a "show trial".
Keith Locke: US spy agency may be passing info on Kiwis to GCSB
It has now been established that the United States National Security Agency has been systematically collecting the phone records of millions of Americans, writes Keith Locke.
Top official tries to quell US spying scandal
The top US intelligence official stressed yesterday that a previously undisclosed programme for tapping into internet usage is authorised by Congress.
Google Maps: You are here
The Google Maps team won’t stop until it has every last inch of the planet stored on its servers. Would we really be so lost without them? asks Tom Chivers.
Jack Tame: Oh Big Brother, you're going way too far
Taking the time to examine your Facebook ads can make for a depressing self-analysis, says Jack Tame.
Conspiracy theorists no longer look so crazy
Those crazy American conspiracy theorists who live up trees with guns and drink their own pee don't seem quite so crazy any more.
Kiosk breaches: Prisoners accessed net
Prisoners in privately run Mt Eden Corrections Facility were able to access the internet through faulty computer kiosks a security review of public sector computer systems has found.
Kiosk report finds 12 weak points
A review of Government information systems' security found weak points in 12 agencies which have now been addressed.
PM 'needs to ask hard questions'
John Key must directly ask Peter Dunne if he leaked the Kitteridge report on the GCSB.
US spy device 'tested on NZ public'
A high-tech United States surveillance tool which sweeps up all communications without a warrant was sent to New Zealand for testing on the public, according to an espionage expert.
Spooks sift through digital footprints
The GCSB doesn't talk about how it spies on people. If it did, Kiwis would find themselves grappling with some uncomfortable truths.
GCSB: Opposition demands independent report
A report which found that New Zealand's intelligence agency had "arguably" not broken the law has been met by derision by Opposition MPs who insisted on an independent, transparent inquiry.
Aaron Lim: GCSB legislation could prevent a Boston Bombing
Opposition to the GSCB legislation rely on their traditional response that NZ will become a "national security state.", writes Aaron Lim. This is exactly what NZ needs.
Gehan Gunasekara: MP's bill step in the right direction
Sue Moroney's bill puts balance back into privacy law, writes Gehan Gunasekara. It is to be hoped the Government will embark on more comprehensive reform of its own.
Editorial: Email blunders rebound on public rights
The email mistakes that embarrassed the Earthquake Commission and ACC are having ramifications for the public's right to access information from the state.
New Zealand cyber security fears rising
New Zealanders are becoming increasingly concerned about privacy and cyber-security, new research suggests.
New spy laws comparable to Big Brother
New laws to allow spying on New Zealand citizens is a step towards totalitarianism, says a professor of cyber security and forensics.
Ryder assault accused to fight charges
One of the men accused of assaulting cricketer Jesse Ryder has chosen to fight the charges and has elected to stand trial by jury, a court has been told.
John Minto: Don't give the GCSB more powers - shut it down
The GCSB never reported their inability to read and they didn't ask politicians to change or "clarify" the legislation, writes John Minto. For 10 years they simply ignored it and only came unstuck
Ryder privacy breach may not be the first
The West Coast District Health Board has admitted it can't be sure its clinicians have always followed the rules for accessing patient files.
'Too late' for permanent injunction
A permanent injunction against the publication of sensitive Earthquake Commission information might not be possible after it was posted online, a legal expert says.