A man has been awarded $6000 after police handed a list of his criminal records to the lawyer of his former partner.

The personal details of several Kiwi celebrities have been released by hackers as proof they have cracked Hell Pizza's customer database.

Social networking with built-in GPS was meant to be the next big thing. The possibilities are endless - so why isn't everyone signing up?

All Blacks are among the latest sports stars to create tailor-made autographs for fans as a measure to prevent identity fraud.

A woman secretly filmed by a former mayoral candidate while living in his rental property said she still feels "dirty" and "violated".

Assistant Privacy Commissioner Katrine Evans said it was 'disappointing' that Facebook had taken so long to act on privacy problems

A report says young people are becoming the gurus of online reputation management, especially when it comes to social networking sites.

The internet giant is alleged to have collected WiFi data that includes people's networks and their signal strength.

Unsure of your new Facebook privacy settings? Set everything to "private", says the Privacy Commissioner.

New Zealanders unhappy with changes to Facebook's privacy settings can share their concerns with the Privacy Commissioner.

In the past fortnight the privacy debate over Facebook has developed into what some excitable commentators are calling a "firestorm of anger".

A former mayoral candidate accused of secretly filming a woman living in a house he owned says he was only doing what any other "red-blooded male" would have done.

Google will no longer collect WiFi network information for its Street View mapping after "mistakenly" gathering personal wireless data.

An aspiring councillor has taken legal advice over an alleged smear campaign involving photos taken from her Facebook site and emailed to a number of residents.

Internet search giant Google has confirmed it gathered data about personal wireless connections from homes around New Zealand.