Dropbox has denied claims that researchers obtained non-anonymized data from users of the cloud file storage service. A study by Northwestern University researchers posted Friday, and co-bylined with ...

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, ...

When most of us think of how the concept of “data” has been skewered by the press, we’re probably thinking about an app’s location data tipping off our home address, or apps like Grindr tipping ...

Your medical information, credit card purchases, rewards cards, online browsing history — it is all collected and sold with the promise that it is anonymized. In theory, that means that the data ...

Merely existing in the modern world means giving up a wealth of your information to countless institutions and services. While many of the places make promises to keep your identifiable data as secure ...

Providing third-parties with data is a necessary cost of living in the 21st century. Whether it’s securing auto insurance, undergoing a routine examination at the dentist, or chatting up friends and ...