The Independent Police Conduct Authority has recommended that police apologise to sports broadcaster Tony Veitch.

Vodafone has apologised to an Auckland woman after information from her Facebook page was used in its advertising without permission.

Some secondary schools are banning cellphones in changing rooms to try to stop students photographing and then texting images of their peers.

The office of the Privacy Commissioner has cautioned businesses against using confidentiality deals as "window dressing" as it probes a major security breach which allowed a rival access to Telecom customer details.

Vodafone in Australia has denied that customers' personal details were made publicly available on the internet.

Transport Minister Steven Joyce ignored expert advice to cut the drink-drive limit and save lives after pointed questions from John Key's office suggesting there might be a public backlash, new papers reveal.

Lady Gaga was left "shaken" after a stalker got backstage at one of her shows.

Google has apologised to New Zealanders after its Street View cars were caught out collecting data sent over some Wi-Fi networks.

A proposed law change would allow security agents to spy on foreign communications with impunity during the Rugby World Cup.

Labour is calling for submissions on the spying powers of the Security Intelligence Service to be heard in public.

The medical records of hundreds of thousands of Aucklanders are in the hands of community pharmacists.

Laws allowing spies to intercept text messages and snoop on computers will be pushed through before the 2011 RWC.