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Spies seek new powers for World Cup
A proposed law change would allow security agents to spy on foreign communications with impunity during the Rugby World Cup.

Labour calls for SIS submissions to be public
Labour is calling for submissions on the spying powers of the Security Intelligence Service to be heard in public.

Pharmacists get access to health details of 1.1m
The medical records of hundreds of thousands of Aucklanders are in the hands of community pharmacists.

Spooks at the Rugby World Cup
Laws allowing spies to intercept text messages and snoop on computers will be pushed through before the 2011 RWC.

<i>Geoff Cumming</i>: You can't hide from prying eyes
State agencies will gain fresh powers to snoop and search under a sweeping law change,

<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Pretenders out to depose king of social media
Despite Facebook's 500 million users, even tiny start-ups reckon they can do a better job.

Facebook shows its ugly side
The Facebook-related conviction of a Wellington man revealed the dark side of social networking.

<i>Status McAlpine</i>: Facebook's making stalkers out of us all
My mother has just posted a message on my wall. Apparently she's managed to get 'into' this Facebook system malarkey and is 'keeping up to speed' with things.

iPhone patent blocks sexters
iPhone maker Apple has technology to stop "objectionable" messages sent on its machines.

<i>Ben Young:</i> Marketing by the numbers can quickly turn into spam
Spam really is the result of going by the numbers too much - the more we talk to the more we hope that someone converts.

Privacy body eyes on line fakes
Authorities are investigating whether NZ should make it a criminal offence to impersonate others including politicians on the internet.