New Zealand'Meme for profit': Company slammed for using pics of crying boy without consentThe boy was bullied and harassed after the company's advertising campaign began.24 Aug 09:48 PM
PremiumPremiumBusinessPassports, licences stolen in Competenz hack affecting 6000 - who pays for replacements?What the law says about stolen IDs.20 Aug 01:00 AM
New ZealandPhone repair shop nude photo saga: Police launch investigationWorker at Mobile Planet's been suspended for allegedly taking photos off customer's phone.13 Jul 05:51 AM
New Zealand'It feels wrong': Watchdog hands recordings of complainant's phone calls to bankWestpac says it hasn't listened to the recordings and will hand them back in 'good faith'.03 Jul 05:17 AM
New ZealandWatchdog sends $300k scam victim's details to wrong email in privacy blunder'What a bunch of idiots... How am I supposed to have any trust in the system?'09 Jun 05:00 PM
PoliticsLuxon calls Te Pāti Māori claims 'pretty concerning', Stats NZ launches probeStats NZ is investigating allegations of misuse of Census data.05 Jun 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandHad depression? Get headaches? Job-hunter 'gobsmacked' by 'invasive' applicationThe firm says the questions provide relevant information. Applicants don't have to answer.15 May 09:02 PM
New ZealandPolice ordered to pay sexual assault complainant $50kThe tribunal has also told police to explain why they didn't charge the alleged abuser.05 May 06:03 PM
KahuAI mistaking Māori woman as thief no surprise to expertsThe woman was shopping at a Rotorua New World when she was asked to leave the store.17 Apr 06:55 AM
New ZealandThe Porsche, the police and the privacy request: One man's fight for informationStephen Rendell says police wouldn't release data that could have helped him in court.16 Mar 09:00 PM
PremiumPremiumPolitics500k number plates scanned daily: Concerns over Auckland's 'de facto vehicle-tracking' systemPolice are able to tap into data gathered from across the road network.09 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumBusiness$50m fine or $10K fine for data leaks? Privacy Commissioner, Goldsmith on different pagesPlus: Privacy Commissioner says he's restricted to $10,000 fines, versus Australia's $50m.06 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandMajor hospital privacy breach ensnares dozens of patientsThe hospital has 'immediately ceased using window envelopes'.29 Feb 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumCompaniesTomra data leak a few months after cyber attack prompted changesThe payroll fiasco came just months after Tomra claimed to have 'ensured' safety of data.21 Feb 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumBusinessYou get paid how much? Data leak exposes more than 100 staff payslipsMore pain after layoffs as 'severe' data beach exposes pay, bank account details.20 Feb 03:00 AM
New ZealandLong-running feud between couple and school leads to $25k payoutWhat started as an information request spiralled into multiple investigations.17 Feb 11:00 PM
New Zealand'We wouldn’t accept being fingerprinted': Concerns over supermarket facial recognition trialHe said New Zealanders deserve to shop without having their faces scanned.07 Feb 04:00 PM
New ZealandSurprise culprit at centre of supermarket privacy stoush revealedCountdown is reviewing its stance on providing CCTV footage to customers.31 Jan 03:00 AM
OpinionOpinion: We can protect privacy and still get to the bottom of a traffic prangOPINION: All New Zealanders have privacy rights, regardless of their age or circumstance.30 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandSupermarket's CCTV policy 'only serves offenders'A private investigator has offered his company's services for free.15 Jan 05:00 AM
New Zealand‘Pathetic’ legal catch stops supermarkets sharing CCTV for carpark crashesKelly Hamilton is 'defeated' after Countdown refused to give her '10 seconds' of footage.14 Jan 06:27 PM
New ZealandPrivacy blunder: Whaikaha mistakenly sent IHC names of nine complainantsOne of the complainants whose name was disclosed to IHC has called for an investigation.21 Dec 04:00 PM
New ZealandWoman gets $15,000 compensation after agency sends out private detailsShe found out her privacy was breached when a stranger messaged her on social media.14 Dec 07:00 PM
New Zealand'Significant humiliation': Woman's photo hung publicly in agency for yearsNow she is seeking compensation for the breach of her privacy and 'injury to feelings'.12 Dec 05:00 AM
PremiumPremiumBusinessClaimant spammed after ACC phone number bunglePotentially intimate details at risk as case worker adds wrong number to email signature.05 Dec 04:00 PM
New ZealandPrivacy Commissioner asks police to pause future use of controversial DNA toolPolice are trialling the tool on two of the country's most high-profile cases.03 Dec 05:24 AM
New Zealand'Outrage and anger': Cancer victim's health records accessed and used in targeted advertisingNow the company involved has been fined $10,000.02 Nov 03:02 AM
New ZealandPrivacy Commissioner warns schools to think of risk before installing CCTV in bathroomsMore schools are beginning to consider surveillance cameras in student bathrooms.10 Oct 01:57 AM
New ZealandPolice to trial controversial DNA tool for two of NZ's most high-profile cold casesPolice hope genealogy sites can help find Alicia O'Reilly and Mellory Manning's killers.04 Oct 04:00 PM
New Zealand'Unspeakably bad practice': Children's details, abuse claims shared in Oranga Tamariki privacy breach“Oranga Tamariki recognises our data system requires improving."02 Oct 02:28 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionSasha BorissenkoSasha Borissenko: The loyalty cards tracking your almost every moveOPINION: A moment of silence for the million-odd Onecards scattered around NZ.24 Sep 02:00 AM
New ZealandLandlord property ownership website deemed breach of Privacy ActThe website was shut down earlier this year.25 Aug 06:00 AM
New ZealandNeighbours at War: Man claims police withheld information about 'unhinged' neighbourThe man claims his neighbour complained about him after he rebuffed her advances.21 Aug 08:00 AM
PoliticsElection 2023: Foreign interference warning as security spend jumps by $1mThe PM believes candidates are more at risk of foreign interference in this election.21 Aug 06:40 AM
