As reports of new identity compromises climbed in 2025, experts say taking certain steps can help protect your personal ...

The newly launched DROP portal could be a game-changer for Californians’ privacy, even though it’s not a replacement for a ...

Your phone secretly transmits tracking data while you sleep at night. Learn key privacy settings to stop overnight data sharing and protect yourself.

The personal data that companies collect from consumers online has become a big business referred to as data brokerage. However, most consumers don't know what personal information about them is being ...

Your personal data is a highly valuable commodity. Companies often treat it like a resource to be mined and traded. In practice, this means that everything you do on the Internet, what you search, ...

Social data refers to publicly shared information on social media platforms. Discover how it's used for marketing, its advantages, and the risks associated with data breaches.

HealthEquity is notifying 4.3 million people following a March data breach that affects their personal and protected health information. In its data breach notice, filed with Maine’s attorney general, ...

The closer organizations come to harmonizing accuracy, accessibility and AI, the more effectively they can unlock value that ...

In 2020, when Google first announced its plans to eliminate third-party tracking cookies, it sent marketers scrambling for alternative data sources and new marketing strategies. Now, with the recent ...

We’re almost at the end of 2024, a year that will go down as having seen some of the biggest, most damaging data breaches in recent history. And just when you think that some of these hacks can’t get ...

Kayte Spector-Bagdady, is an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan. As soon as the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy on March 23, 2025, ...

Our data is a precious commodity, not only to us but to the many potential customers of data brokers who collect and sell it without our knowledge. Once obtained the information can then be used to ...