A data breach is a security incident where an unauthorized individual accesses sensitive information. When a breach happens, ...

The way you talk can reveal a lot about you—especially if you're talking to a chatbot. New research reveals that chatbots like ChatGPT can infer a lot of sensitive information about the people they ...

“Sensitive information is any PII which, if it falls into the wrong hands, can cause significant, even catastrophic injury to ...

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 ...

There's a feature in Google Search that allows you to remove your phone, email and home address from the search page. It only takes a few clicks to submit a request to Google, which will then review ...

Use a loyalty card at a drug store, browse the web, post on social media, get married or do anything else most people do, and chances are companies called data brokers know about it — along with your ...

Artists and writers are up in arms about generative artificial-intelligence systems—understandably so. These machine-learning models are capable of pumping out only images and text because they’ve ...

Kayte Spector-Bagdady, is an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan. As soon as the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy on March 23, 2025, ...

The more personal data about you that's online, the harder it gets to avoid scams, bad actors, and threats to your private information and identity. Here's how to remove your data from the internet ...

Katharine Kemp has received funding from the UNSW Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation. She is a Member of the Expert Panel of the Consumer Policy Research ...

Many modern cars function like a phone or tablet. They run apps and pair with other devices, and some can even be operated remotely. The downside of all this functionality is that cars, like phones ...