The fallout from DOGE staffers' efforts to access sensitive Social Security data continues as an agency watchdog disclosed a new investigation into "potential misuse" reported by a whistleblower.

Over the past few years, data breaches targeting schools, healthcare providers, and childcare services have been making headlines, exposing sensitive personal information and leaving families ...

Thousands of people have had their sensitive personal information exposed in a data breach at U.S. delivery company OnTrac. The breach occurred between April 13 and April 15, 2025, and impacted over ...

Whistleblower says over 300M Americans’ Social Security data put at risk Sensitive details included health, income, banking, and family information Complaint alleges cloud upload lacked oversight and ...

Companies House has suspended its WebFiling service after a security flaw exposed sensitive company data including directors’ ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Social Security whistleblower whose complaint alleged that Department of Government Efficiency officials mishandled Americans' sensitive information says he's resigning because of ...

AI assistants built into web browsers, including ChatGPT, are scooping up sensitive personal information from sites that many people assume are private, a new research from teams in the UK and Italy ...

In a move to further bolster data privacy, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation and the Standardization Administration of China jointly issued a national standard, GB/T 45574-2025, Data ...

It’s well-known that China’s data protection laws define sensitive personal information very differently to other jurisdictions. Instead of a closed list of data types, sensitive personal information ...