What we know about the Equifax data breach: The Equifax data breach affected an estimated 143 million people and hackers had access to their data…
WikiLeaks, the nonprofit whistleblower organization that has published secretive government information to its website (and shared the information with world-renowned newspapers like the New York…
Despite our best technological advances, identity theft and credit card fraud are still huge problems on the Internet. Scam artists routinely construct fake online stores…
The idea of a national “Privacy Bill of Rights” arrived two weeks after the Federal Trade Commission recommended the creation of a “Do Not Track”…
We’re obsessed with our phones (especially if they’re smarter than we are). A March 2010 Nielsen study found that, as of the fourth quarter of…
Data breaches continue to cost organizations and companies millions every year. The 2009 Ponemon Institute benchmark study reported the average organizational cost of a data…
Last Thursday Twitter settled charges with the Federal Trade Commission (F.T.C.) which had claimed the social network deceived consumers and put their privacy at risk…
Facebook has seen its share of criticism over its approach to privacy and way it treats its users’ data. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has…
On Tuesday, a group of US tech companies and non-profits announced the formation of the Digital Due Process Coalition. The group will support the introduction of new…