personal data

A data breach occurs when an unauthorized person gains access to information that is meant to be confidential, private, and protected.

Step-by-step Facebook privacy settings to reduce tracking, limit ads, secure logins, and control apps on mobile and desktop.

Schools collect a lot of data about your kids, and sometimes this data is also shared with third parties for advertising.

The number of data breach victims in the second quarter of 2024 was 1,170% higher than at the same time last year.

A new and crafty scam uses Google search results to redirect you to scammers instead of Microsoft customer support.

Fitness apps can collect sensitive data like your location and race and share it with third-party companies, which can include data brokers.

A new vulnerability has been found in your PC’s operating system that could let hackers downgrade it to an older version of Windows.

A research group has revealed that Microsoft apps on Macs have a security flaw that could allow hackers to access almost all your data.

A new report revealed that another NPD data broker, which shares access to the same consumer records, published user passwords.

A massive database containing over 2.7 billion records belonging to individuals in the US has ended up on a criminal forum.