Headline News Archive

2022

April

18

• Find out and fix what big data says about you. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau maintains a list of consumer reporting agencies that’s currently 38 pages long. In addition to the big three credit

05

• Your digital footprint: It's bigger than you realize. A few years ago, Ken Crum started getting uncomfortable with how much of his life seemed to be online. The long-time computer programmer was particularly

March

15

• How California is building the nation’s first privacy police. Ashkan Soltani faces the daunting task of overseeing the first government body in the United States with the sole job of regulating how Google, Facebook,

February

28

• Cómo protegerse de las estafas más frecuentes. Las estafas por mensaje de texto, correo electrónico, Facebook y otros medios están en auge. Aquí te mostramos có

16

• Senators unveil children’s online safety bill. The Kids Online Safety Act would require online platforms to provide parents and minors younger than 16 with “easy-to-use” tools to keep them safe,

09

• Contractor to drop facial recognition requirement for all government agencies. The private contractor ID.me said it will drop the facial recognition requirement in the identity-verification software used by 30 states and 10 federal agencies, a major

08

• Equifax breach settlement: Money for some, free monitoring for all. Equifax will pay up to $425 million in restitution to those directly impacted by the massive data breach of the credit bureau in 2017. A federal court

January

27

• Experian, Equifax, TransUnion rarely act on credit file complaints, report says. If you spot a mistake on your credit report and contact the credit bureau, there’s a good chance nothing will happen. Equifax, Experian,

24

• AGs sue Google stating they deceive consumers about use of location data. Attorneys general from D.C. and three states plan to sue Google, arguing that the search giant deceived consumers to gain access to their location

20

• Efforts to rein in Big Tech may be running out of time. A Senate committee is expected to vote Thursday on a bill that would prohibit companies like Amazon, Apple and Google from promoting their own products

18

• Spotting spoofed websites. Here are a few things to consider when making a purchase online:  Malicious websites can be created to look like the real site from

2021

December

22

• Americans distrust Facebook, TikTok & Instagram with their data. It’s the rare thing that Americans of all ages and across the political spectrum largely seem to agree on: They don’t

21

• The ‘most serious’ security breach ever is unfolding right now. On Dec. 9, word of a newly discovered computer bug in a hugely popular piece of computer code--log4j--started rippling around the cybersecurity community. By the

16

• The ultimate guide to secure passwords. Password fatigue is real, but don’t let it stop you from making some small changes to protect your accounts, your wallet and your

08

• What you need to know if you’re being tracked down by a debt collector. What proof does a debt collector have to provide me that I owe the debt? This “debt collection validation notice” should include enough

07

• Safety app Life360 Is selling precise location data on Its users. Life360, a popular family safety app used by 33 million people worldwide, has been marketed as a great way for parents to track their children

• Your next smartphone might have a camera that’s always on. This week, chipmaker Qualcomm revealed its latest Snapdragon processor, which will power many of the high-end Android smartphones you’ll see in stores in 2022,

01

• New rule will let debt collectors track you down on social media. Debt collection rules have expanded the ways debt collectors can chase down debtors. In practice, it may mean millions of consumers can now be bombarded

November

22

• Amazon wages secret war on Americans' privacy, documents show. In recent years, Amazon.com Inc has killed or undermined privacy protections in more than three dozen bills across 25 states, as the e-commerce giant amassed

• Piden ley sobre privacidad tras reporte sobre "lobby" de Amazon. Cinco miembros del Congreso de Estados Unidos pidieron una ley federal sobre la privacidad del consumidor después de un reporte de...

October

26

• Your browser can tell websites how to treat your data. Privacy-conscious Internet surfers will soon have an additional weapon on their side. You can’t see it working, but a special signal known as

11

• Your driver’s license could soon live on your phone. More than 20 states have either considered, tested or already launched digital versions of driver’s licenses that live on smartphones. Tech giant Apple plans

04

• Senate confirms Rohit Chopra to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The Senate narrowly approved President Joe Biden's pick to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, giving the bureau a director* who is likely to

September

27

• Facebook delays Instagram app for users under 13. Facebook said that it had paused development of an Instagram Kids service that would be tailored for children 13 years old or younger, as the social

• Companies are hoarding your personal data. How to get them to delete it. What data can you actually request to delete? When we say “your data,” we mean information like your name, phone number, email and