Fathers hoping to record the birth of their babies will have to rely on photographic memories now video cameras and mobile phones are increasingly being banned from maternity hospitals in the Australian state of Victoria.

Former employees have questioned Telecom's security policies and one can still look up customer details despite having left his job.

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.

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.

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.

State agencies will gain fresh powers to snoop and search under a sweeping law change,

Despite Facebook's 500 million users, even tiny start-ups reckon they can do a better job.