Thinking a deleted file is truly gone is wishful thinking — but Windows’ sDelete tool can wipe it permanently and make it impossible to recover.

Data removal services can track down your information on people finder sites and data brokers and request it to be removed.

If you’ve lost important files on your PC due to accidental deletion or a corrupted drive, there are easy ways to get them ...

There’s a trick to thoroughly wiping all your data before you junk your old external solid state drive—or even computer.

What this means is that the deleted file is not fully gone and can still be recovered. It's only when the data is overwritten ...

Leading tech companies are in a race to release and improve artificial intelligence (AI) products, leaving users in the United States to puzzle out how much of their personal data could be extracted ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It’s safe to say that, even by regular standards, the OBR’s updated quantitative tightening assumptions will ...

AT&T's $177 million settlement is for data breaches in 2019 and 2024. Claim up to $5,000 (first breach) and $2,500 (Snowflake hack), or both. File claim by Dec. 18, 2025, either online or by mail. If ...

Many popular apps collect more of your personal data than necessary to function properly. These 20 apps quietly scoop up your photos, location, contacts, and more. Here's how to protect yourself. I ...

Former Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger has defeated Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in the race for Virginia’s governorship, after a long campaign with no primaries. Spanberger will succeed ...