Don Brash says he appreciates police efforts to find who was behind his emails being given to a journalist, but accepts the culprit will probably never be found.

A stabbing victim is leaving the country and fears for his life because his attacker is about to be released from prison without having done any rehabilitation programme.

Google's new Buzz social hub features is set automatically to 'on' - and shares Gmail users' information without asking.

Kiwi celebrities are being targeted by social networking frauds, who are forging Twitter and Facebook accounts in their names.

A US magazine claims to have snapped Tiger Woods outside a rehab clinic in Mississippi.

France and Germany have warned web users against using all versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer to protect security.

Some believe social networking and search - Facebook, Twitter and Google in particular - are putting our personal information at far too much risk.

An internet service launched by Google to help cameraphone users identify strangers in the street has been blocked over privacy concerns.

The days of fretting over whether your new employer might find all those embarrassing drunken photos on Facebook are coming to an end.

Concerns about the implications of evolving technology are reflected in a spike in the number of complaints to the Privacy Commission.

A major elderly care operator has accused health authorities of a "witch hunt" over the closure of a rest home.

A proposed law would allow dog control officers to install surveillance devices in homes and the Commerce Commission to detain people, a watchdog warns.