Scammers target seniors who avoid social media by exploiting public records like obituaries and real estate filings to steal ...

The personal data that companies collect from consumers online has become a big business referred to as data brokerage. However, most consumers don't know what personal information about them is being ...

Hackers are pretty scary. Amoral, hooded figures with magical computer skills that can break into anything within minutes. At least that is what most of us think of when we hear the term "hacker." It ...

If you’ve received text messages or phone calls from scammers, you may have wondered how they get ahold of your contact information. Easily — a lot of it is available online, often collected and sold ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – the government agency responsible for protecting consumers in financial matters – has withdrawn a rule proposed during the waning days of the Biden ...

In today's digital landscape, data brokers are like modern-day gold miners, sifting through the intimate details of our lives—our addresses, financial records, Social Security numbers—and quietly ...

Data brokers are making serious money by selling personal information. Your phone number, email, home address, and Social Security number could be packaged and sold to spammers, scammers, and identity ...

Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data. The Consumer Financial ...