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Who Owns Your Credit Data?
At this point, we’re used to the idea that companies collect information about us and use it to tailor advertising and all sorts of things we see in our social media feeds. It’s difficult to...
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Amy Poehler & Seth Meyers Swap Credit Cards… Hilarity Ensues
I think it’s safe to say celebrities have more fun with credit cards than we do. For example: If you went to dinner with a friend and accidentally took each other’s credit cards after paying the bill,...
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80% of People Think Data Privacy No Longer Exists
Privacy is dead. At least, that’s how some people feel. A recent survey says 80% of consumers ages 20 to 40 think total data privacy no longer exists, and 87% of the survey respondents think their...
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Can Fitness Trackers Threaten Your Privacy?
As more Americans become conscious about their health and strive to achieve fitness goals, they may choose to buy wearable activity monitors that collect information about their heart rate, steps...
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The Heartbleed Bug Is Still Beating
In the aftermath of the Heartbleed Bug‘s discovery, the security flaw continues to spark security concerns. The Heartbleed Bug was revealed in many of the world’s most popular sites in April, and...
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Infamous Fraudster Says Government Needs to Step It Up on Data Security
When he was a master identity thief in the 1960s, Frank Abagnale used to make his own fraudulent ID cards and forge checks. Immortalized in the critically acclaimed film “Catch Me If You Can,”...
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What Would You Give Away for a Cookie?
Whether or not you think privacy exists (and plenty of people think it’s dead), you probably value it. Think about it: What would you do if a stranger came up to you on the street and asked, “Hi. Can...
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Could LinkedIn Cost You a Job?
Anything you say to LinkedIn can be used against you when you are job hunting. You might have known that already. But you probably didn’t know that LinkedIn has special products specifically aimed at...
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850,000 Job Seekers May Have Been Exposed By Government Data Breach
The Oregon Department of Employment has identified more than 850,000 Oregonians whose personal information may have been compromised by a security vulnerability in its job search database, WorkSource...
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Privacy Fight Looms Over Verizon, AT&T Cellphone Tracking
Recent news that Verizon has been quietly helping advertisers track its wireless customers via unique identifiers, and AT&T’s professed plans to do the same, raise troubling privacy issues for...
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Walgreens to Pay $1.4M for Sharing a Patient’s Medical Info With Her Ex
Walgreens has been ordered to pay an Indiana woman $1.4 million in damages, all because one of its pharmacists made some poor decisions while caught up in a love triangle. Walgreens appealed the...
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3 Scary Smart Ways Stores Use Your Personal Information
Retailers want to get to know you. This should come as no surprise — we’ve all seen how our Internet search history and purchases affect the online ads we see — but it’s just as important for...
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4 Ways to Make Your Gmail Safer in 2015
Gmail has been the largest email provider in the world since 2012, when its number of active users reportedly surpassed that of Hotmail. Given that it serves as the core of more than 425 million...
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Could Smart Homes Compromise Your Privacy?
Imagine the home of the future. While these smart homes may not be connected to transportation pods like in “The Jetsons” or have pizza hydrators like in “Back to the Future Part II,” one thing’s for...
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The Technology Gap: Why Poor Countries Love Tech & Rich Ones Don’t Trust It
Technology is like money, it seems. You need some of it … a decent amount, really … to be happy. But at a certain point, it might do more harm than good. Microsoft recently released a fascinating...
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More Americans Live Under Cloud of ‘Data Uncertainty’
From government surveillance and behavior-based advertising, to social media and search-engine tracking, there are plenty of ways for Americans to lose their privacy online. With such a long trail of...
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What Are the Data Breach Notification Laws in Your State?
As prospects of passing consumer-privacy legislation in Congress remain bleak, state lawmakers are picking up the ball and running with it. At least 32 states have data-breach notification laws on the...
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Ashley Madison Breach Marks the Rise of ‘Data Kidnapping’
Some secrets are more valuable than others. And some secrets are more valuable TO others. In perhaps the most predictable extortion hack ever, cheating website Ashley Madison has confirmed to Brian...
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The 3 Types of Your Health Data That Aren’t Private
Measuring and managing your health is more do-it-yourself than ever, but health privacy law hasn’t caught up to the technology. That’s the subject of an investigative series from ProPublica, and the...
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You Aren’t the Only One Who Knows What Meds You’re On
Most people expect their medical data to remain in just a few hands — their doctor, their pharmacist, their family, etc. — but prescription medication data can be shared with a number of companies you...
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