Privacy
New rental app offers free tenant background checks
A new app called Proper aims to simplify the rental experience for both landlords and tenants, but the free background check has raised privacy concerns with renters advocates. The app's founder Aaron… Audio
THE WORD - Dead Letters
If we are tempted to think of threats to privacy as solely problems of the digital age, we should think again. Dead Letters: Censorship and subversion in New Zealand 1914-1920 is a startling reminder… Audio
If Big Brother’s surveillance cameras never sleep, can we ever be private?
What does privacy mean in a world where our entire public lives may be subject to security cameras, face recogntion software and Big Brother's algorithms? Andrew Chen investigates. Audio
'David Tennant Does A Podcast with...Olivia Colman'
He's probably best known for playing Doctor Who, or for his role as a dishevelled detective in Broadchurch...now the Scottish actor David Tennant's got his own podcast too! His first guest is his… Audio
DOC’s chats with Thompson & Clark reveal anti-1080 surveillance
Pages and pages of secret chat room conversations between DOC and Thompson & Clark have been released to Checkpoint, revealing how anti-1080 activists were being monitored. Lisa Owen reports. Video, Audio
Govt departments found to have spied on citizens
An investigation into government departments' relationship with the security company Thompson and Clark has turned up a lot of interesting, condemnatory, complicated material. Audio
Elizabeth Denham - Fighting data crime
Elizabeth Denham is the UK Information Commissioner and lead the raid on Cambridge Analytica in March this year. She gained a warrant to search the London-based data analytics company's records over… Audio
Phone recordings: what's legal and what's not
Yesterday National Party MP Jami-Lee Ross released a recording of a phone call between himself and party leader Simon Bridges. What does New Zealand law say about people secretly recording and which… Audio
Electronic searches at the border - what are your rights?
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
Govt won't reveal how much Peters' legal pursuit will cost
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her deputy are refusing to answer questions about how much taxpayers might have to fork out for Winston Peters' legal pursuit of National Party MPs over his… Audio
MPI refuses to explain Thompson and Clark decisions
Ministry for Primary Industries says it has evidence of serious staff misconduct in dealing with Thompson and Clark but is refusing to release that evidence. State Services Minister Chris Hipkins… Audio
What happens to your DNA information after an ancestry test?
The personal DNA information from saliva tests sent to ancestry.com is often sold on to private companies which could be pharmaceutical or funded by Google, says a medical sociologist. Audio
Facebook privacy bug affects 14 million users
A software bug meant millions of Facebook users may have unknowingly posted private information to the public, the company has warned.
Kiwis' privacy concerns on the rise
More than half of New Zealanders are more worried about their individual privacy now than they were in the last few years, according to a new survey.
Privacy issues around submissions
Often the personal details of people who make submissions to various local and central government and available on-line along with their submission. We ask privacy expert Kathryn Dalziel if these… Audio
Privacy Commissioner wants details of immigration data analysis
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
Privacy Commissioner deletes Facebook
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards says Facebook refused to give a complainant access to personal information held on the accounts of several other users, and refused to cooperate with his… Video, Audio
Impact for NZ of Facebook's privacy breach: Jordan Carter
The investigation into Cambridge Analytica is ongoing. It's alleged to have harvested the information of millions of Facebook users and used it to profile and target voters during the US election and… Audio
MSD backs off plan to collect personal details in survey
The Ministry of Social Development is backing away from a proposal to collect young people's names and other details as part of a national health survey.
Google, Fitbit etc data could be used in court
Professor Michael Legg from the University of New South Wales talks to The Panel about the possibility of your Google or Fitbit data being used in a court of law. Audio