Data Security

A new AI assistant wants access to your photos to learn your habits, preferences, relationships, and daily life, but that’s arguably too much trust to place in AI right now.

A Northeastern and Consumer Reports study found 19 of the 21 cars it tested sent data to outside companies. Some car apps paired that data with your VIN, email, or location.

U.S. cities are deploying roadside noise cameras that can issue hefty fines while adding more vehicle data to an expanding surveillance network.

Google, Flo, and Flurry are paying $59.5 million over claims the app shared users' period and pregnancy data. California users get double.

Deleting a chat doesn't clear everything ChatGPT stores. Here's how to wipe your history, images, memories, and account, and what OpenAI keeps.

A federal judge found the data sharing violated privacy law. The Supreme Court has allowed it to resume during the appeal anyway.

A massive Gyazo breach has exposed sensitive personal details, including password hashes, location data, login details, and metadata linked to millions of images.

What's more romantic than a paywalled conversation?

AI agents could make shopping easier, but giving them access to your personal and payment data could expose you to scams, fraud, and data theft.

A privacy regulator found that Google kept location data too long and failed to clearly explain how it could shape ads and infer users’ interests.

Closing ChatGPT does not end the conversation.

Researchers have discovered a way to recover audio from headphones without compromising the device itself, and there's little users can do to protect themselves.

Claude wants to talk money, but your transaction history might have too much to say.

Your voter status could become campaign targeting data.

Character.AI bars under-13s, may serve targeted ads to teens, and keeps the Characters you made public even after you delete your account.

The roadside cameras know when you enter the frame.

VoterRecords.com publishes your address, party affiliation, and a map to your house. Its opt-out form only removes your house number, and when I tested it, not even that.

Clearview AI built a search bar for your life. Your face is the query.

For just $5, Stud or Dud can turn scattered public records into a detailed profile of your personal life that anyone can access.

Onerep scans more sites and covers up to six people on one plan, but DeleteMe costs less over time and is clearer about how it protects your data. Here's which one we'd pick.

A fake government request exposed highly sensitive Revolut customer data, leaving users vulnerable to identity theft, fraud, and targeted phishing attacks.