As we become more and more reliant on cloud based services, privacy breaches could become increasingly commonplace, writes Pat Pilcher.

A news reporter dressed up as a priest to attempt to gain access to Michael Schumacher’s hospital room where he is battling for his life after a skiing accident, the Formula One champion’s manager Sabine Kehm revealed.

Solid Energy's random drug and alcohol tests nabbed 28 offenders in the year to July, more than a third less than the previous year.

Privacy watchdogs are worried about intrusive new 'reverse search' websites that allow users to type in a street address and discover who lives there.

Editorial: If the IRD is known for unilateral and unexplained actions against its targets, Customs inhabits a peculiar twilight zone at the border.

A detailed account of the evidence against Kim Dotcom has been released by the FBI to allow so-called victims of alleged piracy to claim against his seized fortune.

Customs has refused to answer questions about an email asking staff to send information on Kim Dotcom to the FBI in exchange for "brownie points".

A joint report by the Chief Ombudsman and the Privacy Commission is scathing of how EQC has dragged its feet over information requests from quake homeowners.

Customs has returned all the electronic gear stripped from a backpacker at the border, saying it found nothing on his computer.

A backpacker coming home for Christmas had every bit of electronic equipment stripped from him at the airport.

Wellington lawyer John Edwards will replace Marie Shroff as the New Zealand's third Privacy Commissioner.

GCSB head Ian Fletcher yesterday acknowledged there was no protection of New Zealanders' data stored in servers overseas from spy agencies.

The head of the GCSB spy agency Ian Fletcher has given a public assurance there was no large scale collection of New Zealanders' data by the US National Security Agency..

Prime Minister John Key sought an assurance from the GCSB director that the spy agency hadn't been involved in collecting metadata from Kiwis - and was given it.

The UN General Assembly's human rights committee unanimously adopted a resolution sponsored by Brazil and Germany to protect the right to privacy against unlawful surveillance.

What else will American whistleblower Edward Snowden pull from his massive bag of secrets?

Abbott `regrets any embarrassment' but refuses to apologise for spying on SBY's cellphone.

Australian Prime Minister's troubles compounded by revelations that President Yudhoyono's calls were among those spied on.

The second half of the Government's rejig of spying laws passed its third reading yesterday.

The National Security Agency operates in close co-operation with four other English-speaking countries - Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - sharing raw intelligence, funding, technical systems and personnel.

The diplomatic fallout from continuing disclosures about America's vast global spy network has begun descending on Australia after revelations that its foreign embassies are being used to intercept sensitive communications.

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