With personal data a big issue on the internet, consumers have a legitimate interest in controlling the information flow and reducing the threat of identity theft. Google recently rolled out a new ...

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Like it or not, your personal information is online for anyone to find. This can include your full name, address, phone number, police record, employment information and more. People search sites ...

Your digital life is valuable to companies collecting data about you and selling it to marketers. Here's how to beat them by getting your digital self offline. Removing yourself from the internet is ...

With data brokers making big money by selling your personal details, it’s never been easier for bad actors to get access to your phone number, email address, physical address, and even sensitive data ...

A simple Google search can potentially give someone more information about you than you might like. A stalker or a nosy coworker can often easily find information about where you live, if you’ve had a ...

Whenever you use a search engine, pieces of your personal information end up online. This information circulates the web, becoming accessible to hackers and scammers. In effect, the risk of you being ...

With so much personal data floating publicly on the internet, consumers have a legitimate interest in controlling the information flow. Some are taking matters into their own hands, opting out of ...

The divide between companies that make it easy to delete your data and the companies that make it difficult is clear. “If you're the product (on such free services as the social platforms), the ...

Data breaches. Identity theft. Bank fraud. Every week, we read a fearsome new headline about cybercrime. Reputable services fall victim to anonymous hackers. Ransomware holds random computer user’s ...

Americans love the Internet, with 88.5% of us active online. We have accounts everywhere, letting us kill time at work on Facebook, check Twitter for the latest news, cruise Pinterest for ...