Privacy
Privacy Commissioner seeks transparency of information requests
A trial by the Privacy Commission has highlighted the vast number of personal information requests made to companies by the police and government agencies. Video, Audio
Govt asked for private data 12,000 times in 3 months
Government agencies made nearly 12,000 requests to 10 companies for their customers' personal information during a three-month trial.
Ministry investigates WINZ privacy breach
An investigation has been launched into how a Work and Income client was able to access someone else's information. Audio
Privacy laws don't stop child abuse info sharing
Privacy is no barrier to Corrections notifying Child Youth and Family when a convicted child abuser is released from prison, the Privacy Commissioner says.
Future homes: monitoring you and projecting false realities
Picture this: it's 2025 and one of the most important rooms in your home is the virtual reality den. There you can feel like you're the All Black kicking the winning penalty try or Black Fern getting… Audio
Westpac under fire for Hager decision
Banking giant Westpac is coming under public scrutiny for releasing information about journalist Nicky Hager's accounts to police. Audio
DNA tests and privacy
Kashmir Hill of fusion.net on worries about the privacy of genetic information provided to genealogy and health analysis websites like Ancestry.com and 23andme.com Audio
Social media wild fire
Privacy lawyer Gareth Abdinor talks about how anything comunicated on social media has the potential to spread. Audio
Lawyer 'not obliged' to return secret files
A legal ethics expert says the defence lawyer who was sent confidential police files was not necessarily obliged to send them back.
Being tracked through your cat
While cats on the internet might seem frivolous, it can also have a darker side. Website Iknowwhereyourcatlives.com takes photos of cats from social media and pinpoints the exact location of the cat… Audio
NZers caught up in Ashley Madison data breach
With us is the Privacy Commissioner, John Edwards. Audio
Tech: Apple security flaw?
Apple users might be a feeling less smug about never getting computer viruses. Also the right to be forgotten; so far it's primarily been a European issue, but now the right to be forgotten could be… Audio
Police warned about monitoring Facebook
A lawyer is warning police monitoring Facebook pages to help catch drug dealers to tread carefully.
Every move you make
Bad behaviour caught on smart phone video and everyday shots of everyday things caught by Google Street view. We ask privacy lawyer Gareth Abdinor if privacy has gone completely out the window. Audio
Profiling for Child Abuse
Teresa Cowie explores profiling for potential child harm Audio
New Technology commentator Erika Pearson
Erika Pearson discusses as the Internet of Things grows, so do the data privacy issues. The security risks for Hospital Devices. Rescue robots. Audio
Care needed of Relationships Aotearoa's sensitive files
When Relationships Aotearoa closes today it will need to deal with the tens of thousands of sensitve case notes and files it holds on its clients. Audio
Do Not Track
The Canadian documentary maker Brett Gaylor exposes the global economy surrounding internet tracking in his new doco series, Do Not Track. Audio
