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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.

Facebook is being closely watched after the social network said it was considering running users' profile photos through its controversial facial recognition technology.

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.

Prime Minister John Key says his name was used without his authority in correspondence between Bronwyn Pullar and her insurer.

Online security has been tightened at ACC after some claimants bugged their case managers' emails.