23andMe customers who once turned over the most personal form of information to the company — their own genetic data — may want it back after the personal genomics and biotech startup declared ...

Smart gadgets collect vast amounts of our personal data through their apps. It’s usually unclear why the manufacturers need this information or what they do with it. And I don’t just mean smartphones.

The Trump administration is shattering norms around the handling of Americans’ personal — and sometimes private — information, dismantling barriers around data ...

As Google’s 2024 antitrust loss proved, the company has worked very, very hard to ensure its search engine is the primary roadmap for the Internet. Google scours the Internet for data about everything ...

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 ...

Companies like Lovable, Base44, Replit, and Netlify use AI to let anyone build a web app in seconds—and in thousands of cases, spill highly sensitive data onto the public internet. Security researcher ...

This article was contributed by Anselmo Diaz, principal consultant, and associate lecturer. Data isn't new. Since ancient times, people have recorded facts for inventory purposes, to carve events in ...

A new US Department of Justice (DOJ) rule on “Preventing Access to US Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern (including China) or Covered Persons” (rule) prohibits ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming industries, from healthcare and finance to logistics and beyond, offering unprecedented opportunities for innovation. However, as AI continues to evolve, ...

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Algorithms are increasingly using personal data to determine the minimum pay a worker is willing to accept, consumer watchdogs say. You've likely already felt the digital sting of "surveillance ...