Browsing the internet can put your personal data at risk. Here's how to find out if your information is leaked and how to ...

From targeted ads to identity theft, discover how data brokers operate by collecting, compiling and selling your personal information.

Moving and downsizing expose seniors to identity theft and scams as data brokers collect real estate records and personal ...

(WJAR) — Have you ever Googled your own name, only to find a shocking amount of personal information? Some of these people search sites like Whitepages, Spokeo, and BeenVerified have a lot of ...

The truth is that your personal data is out there in the open, and that’s especially true if you haven’t taken the time to ensure your personal information is deleted and kept off the web. Fortunately ...

The FBI has issued a warning that hackers are impersonating its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) website with fake sites ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

The most common virtual cons were credit card fraud, online shopping scams and ransomware attacks — a type of malicious software that prevents you from accessing your computer files or system until a ...

Privacy risks are hiding in plain sight, as your personal data is likely being collected, tracked, and sold without your knowledge. It's not just your name and email ...

Maryland is making history with a ban on the sale of sensitive data—even with consent—unless businesses can prove the data is ...

Michael Rigley, a graphic design student at California College of the Arts, uses animation to bring the nebulous cloud of personal information we accumulate online to life. The piece makes no claim to ...

The luxury British department store said late Friday that names and contact details were taken after a third-party provider system was compromised.