Phil Pennington

Spark is keeping customers' valuable geographic location data off their cellphones for seven years - five years longer than the US average.

Police have been told to spell out if they are sticking to the rules over surveillance cameras that are continuously reading vehicle number plates.

Police have to report back quarterly to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner on deleting the photos and they face deadlines for strengthening their controls.

Complaints about medical misadventure have shot up, putting huge pressure on investigators and causing big delays for victims.

A giant US tech firm that is among a slew of companies building data centres here, corresponded directly with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

A safety alert has gone out about wheels flying off school mobile dental clinics.

Police have admitted to a second case of their misusing number plate-reading cameras, at the same time as they have revealed they are expanding the cameras' use.

Just one month after the Privacy Commissioner warned police to do better when it comes to number plate cameras and privacy, a detective pretended a car was stolen so they could track it.

A radiologist says IT systems vital to accurate scanning for patients are shutting down several times a day in at least one central region hospital.

Health authorities have been given a behind-closed-doors warning poor radiology reporting throughout the central region is endangering people's lives.

Wellington's new children's hospital will open next month without having any extra clinical services on hand for patients.

Surveillance camera networks that police used to track three Covid-infected women around Northland, are spreading widely around the country.

Radiologists say their sector is in "turmoil" amid profound ownership changes and a fight with surgeons buying up stakes in private scanning practices.

Doctors desperate to make public hospitals better are despairing over the state of radiology. Some think things have got so bad, the only fix may be to privatise further.

Not all public agencies are sure if the algorithms they are increasingly using to make vital decisions are biased or not, according to a new review.

London's 5Rights Foundation says small countries like New Zealand should follow the likes of the Netherlands, and look to curb education technology that spies on children.

The Deputy Privacy Commissioner says crime-fighting will not be impeded by stopping police taking masses of photos of people unlawfully.

A truck driver closing his cab door was probably all it took to dislodge a dodgy handbrake, sending the vehicle down Ngauranga Gorge and fatally striking a road worker.

Despite a damning investigation, the police have not been given a directive to stop taking photos of adults in public, and they question where the line on unlawful practices has been drawn.

Documents show Waka Kotahi believed it was well placed to step into the country's $100 million-plus bitumen market in a big way.

The Transport Agency is looking at introducing a digital driver's licence people would keep on their phones.

A candid-camera style TV show from tech giant Amazon using footage from smart doorbells is raising hackles in America and raising eyebrows in New Zealand.

Briefing documents show seven foreign firms and three local ones have queued to meet the Digital Economy and Communications Minister since late 2021.

New Zealanders are paying over the odds for radiology scans compared to Australia, the UK and some other countries.

Police have been providing unreliable information to Parliament about spending of tens of millions of dollars on contractors and consultants.