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 ...

The separation of privacy and security is no longer tenable in a world where exposed personal data is increasingly the entry point for major cyber incidents, delegates at Black Hat Asia 2026 were told ...

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 ...

As more people live their lives online, personal information has become one of the most valuable things in the world today. Yet, many people do not fully understand how their data is used or protected ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

You've spent decades building your retirement fund. Now is the time to enjoy it, not lie awake worrying about scammers and identity thieves. Criminals are more aggressive than ever, and they know your ...

Storing and syncing files in the cloud makes your life easier and keeps your data safer. The top cloud storage services we've ...