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 ...

Data removal services automate the removal of your information from the web, but their biggest benefit is something else.

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, ...

A whole industry of data brokers buys up vast quantities of electronic information from cell phone apps and web browsers and sells it to advertisers who use that data to target ads. The same industry ...

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, ...

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 ...

A great many readers this month reported receiving alerts that their Social Security Number, name, address and other personal information were exposed in a breach at a little-known but aptly-named ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is hungry for data—the more real-world data we can give it, the better. AI applications can deliver immense value when provided with a continuous stream of robust, ...

Big data is continuing to proliferate at organizations, this time spurred by AI and machine learning within enterprise software tools, followed by advancements in software for managing unstructured ...

Data breaches aren’t confined to tech giants or financial institutions anymore. Industries like healthcare, retail and even food and beverage have increasingly found themselves under attack. Now, ...