The Global Privacy Control (GPC) feature is a setting in some browsers and plug-ins to tell websites not to sell your personal data.

As AI becomes more common and decisions more data-driven, a new(ish) form of information is on the rise: synthetic data. And some proponents say it promises more privacy and other vital benefits. Data ...

If you’re a Verizon, AT&T, or T-Mobile customer, you might be surprised by how much information you agree to share with your provider the moment you sign up. Some of this is expected, such as your ...

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Momentum at the state and federal levels has been building toward regulating how social media companies handle minors’ data and design their products for young people. But will that momentum continue ...

Mike Chapple does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Jodi Daniels is a privacy consultant and Founder/CEO of Red Clover Advisors, one of the few Women’s Business Enterprises focused on privacy. In 2014, two Oregon college students spent hours on a ...

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, ...

Data collected by AI tools may initially reside with a company that you trust, but can easily be sold and given to a company that you don’t trust. As an assistant professor of cybersecurity at West ...

Nothing stings like betrayal, which is why Firefox users are furious with Mozilla after a controversial update to the developer's Terms of Use last week. Mozilla is ...

A new top priority has emerged for today's chief marketing officers: safeguarding customer data. Protecting the privacy and security of their customers’ information topped the list of marketing ...

Kayte Spector-Bagdady receives funding from the National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences and the Greenwall Foundation. As soon as the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy ...