Data breaches are becoming increasingly common, affecting millions of consumers each year. Whether the breach involves a major retailer, financial institution or health care provider, the Better ...

A federal court has granted final approval for a settlement from Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare over a 2023 data breach.

Your personal data is a highly valuable commodity. Companies often treat it like a resource to be mined and traded. In practice, this means that everything you do on the Internet, what you search, ...

The ability to secure corporate and customer data is a conversation that has moved from technologists up to C-level executives and the board. Since the new data security landscape is unknown territory ...

From your email to your phone number, potentially even your home address, the information compiled on National Public Data's website is extensive and accessible with just *** few clicks. The site was ...

Billions of personal information records may have been exposed in April after a hacking group gained access to records from the background check service National Public Data (NPD), prompting warnings ...

Data breaches aren’t confined to tech giants or financial institutions anymore. Industries like healthcare, retail and even food and beverage have increasingly found themselves under attack. Now, ...

Our data is a precious commodity, not only to us but to the many potential customers of data brokers who collect and sell it without our knowledge. Once obtained the information can then be used to ...

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, ...

Your information is everywhere. Here's how to stop data brokers from buying and selling it. Plenty of people sling barbs and defend controversial opinions on social media sites while hiding behind ...

Critics fear that personal data might be used to monitor immigrants and political foes, and to spread false tales of fraud. By Emily Badger As the Trump administration has sought to amass personally ...