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Data security
Is the Google Plus data breach a threat to Google's business?
by
Renata Sago
Oct 9, 2018
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has announced new privacy measures that include shutting down its social network Google Plus. The decision comes after news this week that Google exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of Google Plus users. We’re talking full names, email addresses, birth dates, profile photos and more. Google opted not to […]
Is your data safer today than when the Equifax data breach was announced a year ago?
by
Molly Wood
Sep 7, 2018
The breach affected 147 million people. Here's what's happened since.
The Equifax breach happened a year ago. If you’re still frozen, you’re not alone.
by
Renata Sago
Sep 6, 2018
Many consumers are keeping their credit frozen, just to be safe.
Sen. Kennedy to Facebook: "Don't send your lawyers"
by
Molly Wood
, Stephanie Hughes
and Shaheen Ainpour
Mar 22, 2018
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want to hear what CEO Mark Zuckerberg has to say in person about how the company let Cambridge Analytica harvest users' information without their permission.
We might not see the effects of the Equifax breach for years
by
Molly Wood
and Kristin Schwab
Sep 20, 2017
"Next year, I might be affected. Twenty years from now, my kids might be affected. We don't know."
Fraud-resistant credit cards are a long time coming
Feb 27, 2015
Only 1/3 of U.S. credit-card holders have fraud-resistant microchip-enabled cards
For more privacy, let's go to India
by
Molly Wood
Oct 29, 2014
Xiaomi, a Chinese electronics store, is looking for a place to keep the data safe.
For public good, not for profit.
Celebrity photo hack puts a cloud over Apple
Sep 3, 2014
The recent theft of celebrities' personal photos creates PR and security issues for Apple.
Keeping student data safe from the marketing machine
by
Adriene Hill
Aug 6, 2014
More states are passing laws to protect the privacy of all sorts of student data.
The push to protect student data
by
Adriene Hill
Aug 4, 2014
Educators and legislators are tackling questions about student-data privacy.