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The private equity firm Blackstone just purchased Ancestry as well as its massive databse of customers' genetic information.
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By Dan Robitzski

Many countries hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic are tapping citizens' phone data to track the outbreak — and enforce quarantine.
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By Dan Robitzski

A team of cybersecurity researchers discovered a data breach in a platform used by multiple U.S. marijuana dispensaries to manage sales.
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By Kristin Houser

A new report has found that Grindr, Tinder, and other dating apps have been covertly selling users' sensitive information to third-party companies.
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By Kristin Houser

Someone just released a massive amount of data from Iron March, one of the most influential neo-Nazi websites in the world.
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By Kristin Houser

A non-profit group called Privacy International found that mental health-focused websites in Europe are selling user data to third-party advertisers.
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By Dan Robitzski

Presidential hopeful John McAfee is missing, and according to his campaign manager, unless he's found, "secreted data" will be released.
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By Kristin Houser

A decade after Google was caught wiretapping unencrypted WiFi networks with its Street View cars, a court ordered the stolen data deleted.
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By Dan Robitzski

Microsoft Quietly Deletes Massive Facial Recognition Database
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By Victor Tangermann

Hactivists have found a database containing details on more than 80 million U.S. households, but they have no idea who owns it.
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By Kristin Houser

Senator Warren just introduced a bill that would jail executives of billion-dollar tech companies from which users' personal info gets stolen.
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By Dan Robitzski

A newly discovered Chinese database tracks which female citizens are "breedready," a term apparently used to signal if she is likely able to have children.
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By Kristin Houser

Chicago police claim data from Uber allowed them to crack their case against actor Jussie Smollett, whom they believe faked a hate crime against himself.
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By Kristin Houser

CA Governor Wants Tech Companies to Pay People for Personal Data
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By Dan Robitzski

Oregon Senator Ron Ryden introduced a new cybersecurity bill that would let the FTC impose and enforce strict cybersecurity standards for tech companies.
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By Dan Robitzski

Family Tree DNA, recently celebrated as the most privacy-minded consumer genetic testing company, is now granting database access to the FBI.
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By Dan Robitzski

U.S. Prisons Are Covertly Gathering Inmates’ Biometric Voice Data
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By Victor Tangermann

TechCrunch reports Facebook is running a program that pays users ages 13 to 35 $20 in e-gift cards for access to all of their information.
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By Victor Tangermann

Russian hacker groups are using old tricks with a new twist to retrieve sensitive government data. But security firms are on to them.
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By Victor Tangermann

How Data Transparency Is Helping Us Build Future Cities
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By Futurism Creative

Artists rendering of an Alibaba peppercorn Snickers bar produced from big data.
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By Jon Christian

Investigators have charged California resident Anthony Aiello with the murder of his stepdaughter — based on her Fitbit data.
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By Jon Christian

The Santa Clara County Fire Department claims Verizon's throttling of its data impeded its ability to provide essential emergency services.
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By Kristin Houser

Pricey NYC Housing Now Has an Added Cost: Your Personal Data
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By Dan Robitzski

Facebook Is Asking Banks to Share Data on Customers’ Spending Habits
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By Kristin Houser

The Digest: The UK Is Creating a Database of Citizens’ DNA and Other Biometrics
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By Kristin Houser

The Digest: California Cracks Down on the Companies Harvesting Your Data
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By Kristin Houser

Two States Are Trying To Give People Control Over Their Online Data
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By Dan Robitzski

These NIH Experts Don’t Think Info From Genetic Databases Should Be Used in Court
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By Leslie Nemo

Internal, Speculative Google Video Shows How To Globally Model Human Behavior From User Data
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By Dan Robitzski

Apps Are Illegally Stealing Children’s Privacy Data
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By Dan Robitzski

Data From British Porn Viewers Might Be In The Hands of One Company
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By Kristin Houser

Geek Squad Has Been Passing User Data to the FBI
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By Brad Jones

The Battle for Your Data: The United States vs. Microsoft
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By Kristin Houser

suing Uber
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By Chelsea Gohd

A New Law Could Force Tech Companies to Turn Over Personal Data Across Borders
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By Kristin Houser

uber cybersecurity hacking
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By Dom Galeon

In the Future, You Might Get Paid for the Data You Share Online
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By Dom Galeon

i40c citations journals research
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By June Javelosa

uber movement urban mobility data privacy data for research
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By Dom Galeon

How Can You Completely Eradicate Your Hard Drive Data?
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By Jappy Lim

chip random number generator encryption
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By Ramon Perez

Facebook’s Solar-Powered Planes Will Beam Data at Record-Setting Rates
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By Dom Galeon

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By Cecille De Jesus

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By Andreea Popescu

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By Mark Parker