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 ...

With personal data increasingly becoming a commodity, concerns over privacy and data security are more relevant than ever. The advent of digital tools and services has made it easier for data brokers ...

The National Security Agency purchases certain forms of Americans’ internet usage data from data brokers without a warrant, a revelation which puts the intelligence community in conflict with consumer ...

To join the CNBC Technology Executive Council, go to cnbccouncils.com/tec By 2030, more than 95% of passenger cars sold are likely to have embedded internet ...

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, ...

The Hague, Netherlands — The Dutch data protection watchdog slapped a 290 million euro ($324 million) fine Monday on ride-hailing service Uber for allegedly transferring personal details of European ...

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 ...