The new tool delivers privacy instructions to every registered data broker at once. Launched on Jan. 1, it is open to all California residents.

The Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) is a free, state-run tool that allows Californians to stop more than 500 data ...

Major phone carriers track your personal data and some sell it for targeted advertising. Here's how to protect your data. Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast ...

Not that something like this should really come as a surprise anymore, but chances are that Google and, to a lesser extent, Facebook are either accessing or able to access a flow of data about you ...

After the Roe v. Wade draft opinion leak, social media users started telling people to delete their period-tracking app data in case it could be used to prosecute ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. A little over a month ago, I got back into a familiar routine, one I’ve drifted in and out of for well over a decade: I started hyperfocusing on my ...

Katie Siek receives funding from the National Science Foundation. She is affiliated with the Computer Research Association and the Computing Community Consortium. Alexander L. Hayes and Zaidat Ibrahim ...