To protect your genetic data, requesting that 23andMe delete it is a crucial step. SOPA Images via Getty Images You probably don’t want your genetic data — which can reveal health information and ...

The smartwatches and fitness trackers that we strap to our wrists are intended to log our activity in minute detail—but there might also be times when you’d rather records weren’t collected. Whether ...

If you use the internet, you've been in a data breach. Nearly every American is in multiple data breaches per year. There were over 3,000 major beaches in 2024 (registration required), with over 1.3 ...

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We store the entirety of our digital lives on the devices we use the most like our phones and computers. Unfortunately, when many people trade in their old gadgets for newer, faster ones, they don’t ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about privacy including AI, privtech, data justice and law. 23andMe’s bankruptcy announcement on March 23rd triggered ...

The biggest concern before selling or giving away your old smartphone is the security of your personal data. Often, people rush to sell the phone but forget to properly delete the data. The biggest ...

Xbox Series X/S, like all other consoles, has a feature where users can save their game data on the hard drive or SSD. It is easy to believe that deleting saved game data from an Xbox Series X/S is a ...

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You probably don’t want your genetic data — which can reveal health information and at-risk medical conditions — out there for just anyone to see, but that is the fear for many folks right now as ...