Japan is introducing new consent exemptions, enhanced protections for minors, obligations for facial recognition data, and ...

Washington — A group of survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse is suing the Trump administration and Google over the release of their personal information in troves of ...

Ever paused after posting something and felt a slight tension. That instinct exists for a reason. Sharing personal information triggers a chain reaction that spreads across systems far beyond ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The ABC7 I-Team has an alert on a new scam, social scraping, and it might get you to think twice before putting too much personal information on Facebook, Instagram, or X. ABC7 has ...

EMAIL THREAT THAT COULD END UP IN YOUR INBOX. THREAT SCAMS. THEY USE INTIMIDATION, URGENCY AND FEAR TO PRESSURE YOU INTO MAKING QUICK PAYMENTS, AND AN EMAIL LIKE THIS COULD COST YOU MONEY. TAKE A LOOK ...

"When there is a potential exposure of customer information, PayPal is required to notify affected customers," the spokesperson said. "In this case, PayPal’s systems were not compromised. As such, we ...

Businesses subject to the CCPA now must conduct risk assessments for certain types of processing activities and, starting in 2028, must certify to California ...

Oregon allows consumers to opt out when companies collect and sell personal details gained in online transactions or simply when people log on to a website or use an ...

Vishing involved in two of three breaches against Korean subsidiaries of prominent luxury brands impacting more than 5 million customers in total. South Korea’s data protection authority has handed ...

A data breach that impacted a major government tech contractor is now believed to be significantly larger than initially thought, with more than 25 million Americans affected. Conduent, a business ...

A notorious hacking group has claimed responsibility for last year’s data breaches at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) and published the data that they claim to have ...

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 ...