Privacy Commissioner John Edwards' advice to drone operators is "don't be creepy".

The Privacy Commissioner says the university was right to refuse the request.

New Zealanders were caught up in Uber's huge data breach.

An alleged scammer who was named and shamed on Facebook has lost a bid for compensation.

The privacy of about 1000 people was breached by a medical clinic in the North Island.

Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has criticised new anti-money laundering legislation.

An independent review at the Ministry for Social Development had been announced.

An amendment to the Telecommunications Information Privacy Code now means emergency calls can be tracked to help emergency services locate you more quickly. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A student leader has been awarded $18,000 compensation after a privacy breach.

More than 70 upper North Island health workers have been disciplined for snooping into patients' records in the past three years.

The Privacy Commission has ruled that a drone did not breach a finger-pulling apartment-dweller's privacy when it flew within metres of his property.

Vulnerable university students had their privacy breached in an email asking them to rate their experiences with counselling services.

A plan to reveal the number of times agencies such as the police request and receive personal data from a range of companies has been applauded by Trade Me.

Private medical notes about 90 patients - including details of a woman suffering mental illness after childbirth - were stolen from a social worker's car.

Swathes of personal data are being sought regularly by police from airlines, banks, electricity companies, internet providers and phone companies without warrants.

Labour leader David Cunliffe's student-friendly promises earned him a mostly warm reception on the campaign trail.

The departing Privacy Commissioner has issued a stern warning over the growing threat posed by big data entities, and underlined the need for her office to have more power to keep them in check.

A USB stick with sensitive information about 1200 clients of a life insurance company has been stolen from an employee's car.

The scale of the US drone programme is such that more pilots are now recruited to fly unmanned aircraft than conventional fighter planes, writes Toby Manhire.

Banks have united to keep mum on how often they give customer details to police without a warrant.

Banks get daily requests from the police for personal banking information, and one says it is influenced by law enforcement interest when it assesses customers.

Police got personal banking details of Kim Dotcom and his staff without getting a search warrant in a move that has implications for bank customers.

How private do we want to be? Two moves prompt the question - one by Auckland Council, the other by the privacy commissioner, that could give you more privacy than you want.

Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff is highlighting risks around 'cloud computing' just after a Government-announced push for it.

All motorists using toll roads will have personal information collected under new legislation, worrying civil liberties advocates.