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.

The Privacy Commissioner has warned MPs that a proposed law widening authorities' powers of search and surveillance needs more safeguards.

A NZ citizen of Middle Eastern origin says he is discriminated against by Customs officials who interrogate every time he returns home.

New Zealanders can now insure their most personal asset in the country's first identity theft insurance scheme.

A photograph agency is suing former All Black Byron Kelleher's clothing company for alleged copyright breaches.

The man behind a new website that names and shames bad debtors has been revealed as a convicted money launderer.