Privacy Breach
'I feel like they're sweeping it under the carpet' - ACC whistleblower
An ACC employee who blew the whistle on call-centre staff sharing and laughing at client details in a private Snapchat group says no one from the agency has been in touch with them about the matter.
More than 800 marriage celebrants' privacy breached - DIA
A North Island marriage celebrant is questioning how secure government data is, after her address was accidentally published online.
Gun owners' council denounces breach of firearms buy-back data
A privacy breach has shut down the police website for the national firearms buyback scheme but police say the gun buyback programme will continue. The police can't yet rule out whether any gun owners'… Audio
Ardern disappointed at Culture and Heritage Ministry data breach
The head of the Ministry of Culture and Heritage looks likely to keep her job despite a security breach exposing hundreds of people's private details to fraudsters.
Bernadette Cavanagh revealed the… Audio
Immigration forced to face RealMe privacy concern
Privacy breaches by immigration advisors has forced Immigration New Zealand to halt efforts to move some of its visa applications solely online. Documents show the department knew four months ago that… Audio
Commisioned: Privacy Commissioner
In the second in the series of Commissioner interviews The Weekend is looking at how drones, oversharing on Facebook, robots, our internet surfing habits...past crimes even impact on our privacy.
The… Audio
NZers caught up in Ashley Madison data breach
With us is the Privacy Commissioner, John Edwards. Audio
Receiver investigating potential privacy breach
The receiver for the defunct counselling service Relationships Aotearoa says he will investigate how a journalist was able to get access to thousands of clients' confidential files left in an… Audio
New privacy breach shows govt depts have more work to do
The Ministry of Social Development is urgently investigating a complaint, received yesterday, that it sent confidential child abuse records to the wrong person. Audio
Ministry urgently investigating child abuse information breach
The Ministry of Social Development is urgently investigating how confidential child abuse records ended up being sent to the wrong person. Audio
Ministry investigating child abuse information breach
The Ministry of Social Development says it's begun an investigation after confidential child abuse records were sent to the wrong person. Audio
IT consultant - re-install MSD computer system from scratch
The continuing fallout from the massive security breach at Work and Income kiosks: IT expert says the whole system needs to be treated as if it's been compromised. Audio