It can be alarming to Google yourself and see that the results include data brokers displaying your address, age and family members. (Photo: Muharrem huner via Getty Images) Once upon a time, it was ...

The Internet lures you to post something anywhere in the form of Digital Footprints – and the chances are high that you have done that! But if you now want to scrub or delete yourself completely from ...

The internet is such a critical part of our lives nowadays, that it is hard to imagine a world without it. Your social life is there, your work life is there, and job opportunities are there. But it ...

Mathematician Clive Humby declared data to be the “new oil” all the way back in 2006. The comparison holds up in terms of value, “mining” practices, and the impact of both resources. The data broker ...

Your digital life is valuable to companies collecting data about you and selling it to marketers. Here's how to beat them by getting your digital self offline. Removing yourself from the internet is ...

With personal data a big issue on the internet, consumers have a legitimate interest in controlling the information flow and reducing the threat of identity theft. Google recently rolled out a new ...

Americans love the Internet, with 88.5% of us active online. We have accounts everywhere, letting us kill time at work on Facebook, check Twitter for the latest news, cruise Pinterest for ...