John Edwards

The Privacy Commission has turned to an art space for people living on the margins of society to help raise awareness of the issue of personal privacy. Commissioner John Edwards is working with… Audio, Gallery

Despite describing the Christchurch mosque attacks that killed 50 people as "a really terrible event" Facebook is not keen to introduce delays on its livestream feeds. The Christchurch gunman… Audio

Privacy Commissioner John Edwards sent a letter to Facebook executives last week, stating there is growing frustration and anger over the company's lack of communication after the attack was live… Audio

The Privacy Commissioner is criticising Facebook for failing to stop accused gunman Brenton Tarrant from livestreaming the mass shooting of worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch on Friday. John… Audio

The Privacy Commissioner is looking into a database run by a landlords group that allows members to check whether prospective tenants have a history of criminal offending or running up debts. The… Audio

Facebook is once again in hot water, after it was revealed the social media giant had been paying people for access to their private data. We talk through these issues with Privacy Commissioner John… Audio

An investigation into government departments' relationship with the security company Thompson and Clark has turned up a lot of interesting, condemnatory, complicated material. Audio

At the start of this month some new legislation was pushed through with guidelines on how authorities can search your digital devices at the border. Privacy commissioner John Edwards joins us to… Audio

Travellers who refuse to hand over their phone or laptop passwords to Customs officials can now be slapped with a five thousand dollar fine. A new law kicks in today setting rules around how Customs… Audio

The Privacy Commissioner has met with top Facebook executives to resolve their differences face to face. Audio

The Privacy Commissioner says businesses should take great care when using facial recognition technology because there is a high risk of misidentification. It has been revealed that the technology is… Audio

Peter Griffin and NZ Privacy Commissioner John Edwards review Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's response to probing questions from US lawmakers this week – and the implications. Plus, the local impact of… Audio

As Facebook comes under ever increasing scrutiny over data security, a growing number of government ministries and agencies in New Zealand are adopting Facebook's business communications tool… Audio

Immigration New Zealand says 'high priority' migrants have been deported as a result of a data modelling pilot, which some have labelled racist. As we reported yesterday, the pilot in use for the past… Audio

The Privacy Commissioner says he wants to know more about a pilot scheme Immigration New Zealand's been running for 18 months to help it prioritise which people it should take action against. It's… Audio

A landmark US Supreme Court case against a US citizen accused of drug trafficking has caught the eye of New Zealand' privacy commissioner, and prompted him to take a stand against the United States… Audio