An unsecured database that likely contains tens of millions of unique Social Security numbers, alongside email addresses and ...

The number of personal data compromises rose 5% last year — with 3,322 events in 2025 versus 3,152 in 2024 — a record, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center's new annual report. Even federal ...

A database left accessible to anyone online contained billions of records, including sensitive personal data that criminals appear to have not yet exploited.

In an era where data is often hailed as the new oil, organizations are tempted to collect as much information as possible. They believe every extra piece of data holds the key to innovation, profit or ...

Former UN Human Rights Expert and Founder of Bluenumber for Digital Equity and Data Rights. He shapes policy on rights and technology. In the Age of Information, data types are a way to understand ...

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, ...

From OpenAI's ChatGPT to Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot and Apple Intelligence, AI tools for consumers are easily accessible and proliferating. The tools have different privacy policies related to ...

This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.

Firefox maker Mozilla deleted a promise to never sell its users’ personal data and is trying to assure worried users that its approach to privacy hasn’t fundamentally changed. Until recently, a ...