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 ...

Google's recent integrations of Bard, its chat-based AI tool, with a host of Google apps and services is one example of moving generative AI more directly into consumer life via text, image, and voice ...

Every time you borrow your mum’s or dad’s phone to watch a YouTube video, scroll through Instagram reels, or open Snapchat to see a funny filter, something quietly happens in the background. Even if ...

In an era of rising cybercrime and data breaches, reliable cybersecurity tools are essential—especially for everyday users who may not need enterprise-level protection but still want peace of mind as ...

Apple is fairly consistent in rolling out new security and privacy options for its users, and one of the latest to be pushed to the public at large is Advanced Data Protection. As the name suggests, ...

It’s been just a week since US telecom regulators announced a formal inquiry into broadband data caps, and the docket is filling up with comments from users who say they shouldn’t have to pay overage ...

To safeguard enterprise data in hybrid cloud environments, organizations need to apply basic data security techniques such as encryption, data-loss prevention (DLP), secure web gateways (SWGs), and ...

The disclosure comes amid congressional scrutiny and a Federal Trade Commission crackdown on commercial data brokers. By Charlie Savage Charlie Savage has been writing about national security law and ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The National Security Agency purchases certain forms of Americans’ internet usage data from data brokers without a warrant, a revelation ...