We create and consume data continuously. This data is specific to us, but when consolidated, this shared data can be of ...

Federal, state and local agencies are collecting massive amounts of data on public safety and policing and one federal agency wants to help protect the privacy of the individuals that data represents ...

Reddit on Wednesday announced that it had suffered a data breach that could threaten the anonymity of a portion of the website’s many users. The company wrote in a post on its website that hackers had ...

Your online activity is constantly tracked, even with private browsing. True anonymity demands a strategic approach with ...

DNA profiles can reveal a number of details about individuals, and even about their family members. There are laws in place that regulate the trade of gene data, which has become much simpler and ...

While many online organizations offer the guarantee of personal data privacy, new research suggests that this is aspirational rather than a real possibility. If the digital workplace is being driven ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Jason Cottrell I’ve ...

In exchange for our increasingly digital lives, Americans have turned over reams of data on our location, activity, preferences and even conversations. Tech firms track, store and sell that data back ...

Anonymized data sets are a joke. And, as a newly published study shows, the joke just so happens to be on you. From your credit card purchases to your medical records to your online browsing history, ...

(Reuters Health) - - For years, researchers have been studying medical conditions using huge swaths of patient data with identifying information removed to protect people's privacy. But a new study ...