Jump directly to the answer or read through the details below to get the answer. While you're in an elevator, walking to work, sitting in your doctor's waiting room, or laying in bed getting ready to fall asleep, we avoid…

We tend to share a lot on social media, often commenting on everything from life-changing events to commenting on the most mundane of topics. Politics to what we've eaten today, Marriages and Births to spending time at work. In those…

We tend to ignore Privacy Policies when we use a website. When was the last time you read either one for a website you use regularly? The contents of the privacy policy could include, amongst other data: What data is…

We get asked why one should care about their privacy. With all of the technology available today and the US government monitoring everything such as what we post online or facial recognition at airports, our loss of privacy is inevitable…

We often get asked who by users who it is that is tracking their browsing habits. The questions most often come up based on some creepy ads that are very specific to the user's browsing habits. How you're tracked Your…

Sites like Foursquare, Yelp, and Facebook have check-in features. A check-in is when you go into an app and tell the world you are currently at a location by "checking in" to that location. So, when you leave your house…

It is always a bit unsettling when you find out that your data has been breached. Here are some tips on what to do next. Find out what data the hackers got. Did they get your username and password, credit…

The short answer is "Yes." Regardless of whether it is a marketing email from a list or an email sent specifically to you by a salesperson, email trackers can be utilized to check whether you have viewed the email and…

The CCPA (which may still be amended by the time it comes into force) seeks to put privacy rules around larger tech companies and tech brokers or else California residents may sue them (though it is believed many states will…

The short answer is maybe (probably, even). There have been plenty of reports that they are selling all sorts of data, possibly at an individual level, possibly at an aggregated level. In fact, the FTC has asked seven providers to…