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 ...

The Trump administration's push to rapidly amass sensitive personal information about hundreds of millions of people living in the U.S. is extending to a rich new vein of information: troves of ...

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 ...

This article draws on some research into privacy labels from the University of Bristol's Marvin Ramokapane and Sophia Walsh. Smart gadgets collect vast amounts of our personal data through their apps.

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 ...

New year, new privacy rules. At least for Californians. Since Jan. 1, residents of the Golden State can use a new tool to request removal of their personal information held by more than 500 data ...

On April 22, FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak delivered the opening keynote at the IAPP Global Summit, where she emphasized the importance of vigorously enforcing privacy laws while warning against ...

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, ...

You’ve been planning on fixing your brakes and Googling auto repair shops. At the same time, you have been longing to buy butterscotch fudge ripple ice cream and searching for it on your Instacart app ...

State Senate leaders are pushing a proposal they say would end the “Wild West of data collection” in Massachusetts, by seeking to ban tech companies from selling children’s personal data and allow ...