The personal data that companies collect from consumers online has become a big business referred to as data brokerage. However, most consumers don't know what personal information about them is ...

Privacy is getting harder to protect in a world where everything is connected. Whether you're chatting with an AI, checking your email or using your smartphone, your ...

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By Juliet Umeh Meta’s messaging platform, WhatsApp, has unveiled a new feature that will allow users to initiate conversations without revealing their phone numbers, in a move aimed at enhancing ...

Volume of data subject requests nearly doubled over the past year, with the cost of processing them soaring to $400,000 per 1 million identities Dramatic increase in the number of do-not-sell ...

A more connected world brings opportunities for partnerships and increased personalization, but more customer data also highlights the need for increased data security. As cybersecurity threats ...

Consumer neurotechnology is booming. You can buy a funky-looking headband for $500 on the internet if you want your own personal EEG to track your brain data. But before you click purchase, you ...

When Connecticut Attorney General William Tong described granting the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to Treasury Department records as potentially the largest data breach in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pam Kaur covers fintech and bank tech innovation and regulation. For years, data privacy in ...

A privacy-preserving marketing framework applies homomorphic encryption to perform machine learning on encrypted consumer data. By combining secure clustering with efficient computation, the study ...