State law now allows California residents to have their contact and personal information removed from the people who sell it.

Many users believe that incognito mode makes them anonymous. In fact, DNS entries, router logs, and account activity remain visible. In this article, we show you where these traces are stored on ...

California legislative analysts concluded that data brokers offer valuable services, but also threaten people’s rights and privacy.

AT&T customers: the deadline for eligible claimants to file for a portion of the $177 million class action settlement is coming up soon. The telecommunications company agreed to the settlement to ...

Ankush Khardori is a senior writer for POLITICO Magazine and a former federal prosecutor at the Department of Justice. His column, Rules of Law, offers an unvarnished look at national legal affairs ...

AT&T's $177 million settlement is for data breaches in 2019 and 2024. Claim up to $5,000 (first breach) and $2,500 (Snowflake hack), or both. File your claim by Dec. 18, 2025, either online or by mail ...

Since 2013, there have been metaphorically for programmers to build annual rankings of the world’s most popular programming languages. The rankings have traditionally relied on public signals such as ...

Your photos are probably taking up a lot of valuable storage on your iPhone. Here's how to clean it up. Sareena was a senior editor for CNET covering the mobile beat, including device reviews. She is ...

Personal data removal services help scrub your info from people-search sites and data brokers, and DeleteMe and Incogni are the most popular options. I've tested and reviewed both, so let's see how ...

Using the Data Shredder Stick is easy. Simply plug it into your PC, open the app, and drag any files or folders you want to delete into it. The software overwrites the data, making it unrecoverable by ...