This article draws on some research into privacy labels from the University of Bristol's Marvin Ramokapane and Sophia Walsh. Smart gadgets collect vast amounts of our personal data through their apps.

The Trump administration's push to rapidly amass sensitive personal information about hundreds of millions of people living in the U.S. is extending to a rich new vein of information: troves of ...

As Google’s 2024 antitrust loss proved, the company has worked very, very hard to ensure its search engine is the primary roadmap for the Internet. Google scours the Internet for data about everything ...

The number of personal data compromises rose 5% last year — with 3,322 events in 2025 versus 3,152 in 2024 — a record, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center's new annual report. Even federal ...

A new US Department of Justice (DOJ) rule on “Preventing Access to US Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern (including China) or Covered Persons” (rule) prohibits ...