As you browse the internet and sign up to sites or services, you’re actually leaving behind a trail of personal information.

From your shopping habits to your address, data brokers have many of your most personal details. We show you how to check ...

Blockchain's growing ability to verify our identity and actions mean we don't have to rely on corporate AI tools.

The truth is that your personal data is out there in the open, and that’s especially true if you haven’t taken the time to ensure your personal information is deleted and kept off the web. Fortunately ...

(WJAR) — Have you ever Googled your own name, only to find a shocking amount of personal information? Some of these people search sites like Whitepages, Spokeo, and BeenVerified have a lot of ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

Protecting your personal information online starts with understanding the language of the internet. We'll break down five essential tech terms that directly affect your online privacy, from the ...

In today’s digital age, an immense amount of personal data is readily accessible online, often without us fully realizing it. Whether it’s through social media platforms, public directories or casual ...

The most common virtual cons were credit card fraud, online shopping scams and ransomware attacks — a type of malicious software that prevents you from accessing your computer files or system until a ...

From targeted ads to identity theft, discover how data brokers operate by collecting, compiling and selling your personal information.

Michael Rigley, a graphic design student at California College of the Arts, uses animation to bring the nebulous cloud of personal information we accumulate online to life. The piece makes no claim to ...