What We’ve Learned From Our Privacy Project (So Far) Privacy is an endlessly complex topic, but a few basic themes are emerging. Read More…

Intel Executive: Rein In Data Brokers Congress must act to protect American citizens. Read More…

How to Stop Facebook From Bringing Up Bad Memories Before the social network makes automatic videos of your photos, tell it the names of the people you don’t wish to see in the clips. Read More…

Tech Companies Say They Care Companies have said for decades that we should be in charge of our data. Why now, more than ever, does it seem like we aren’t? Read More…

Craigslist Drops Personal Ads Because of Sex Trafficking Bill The website said that the bill, which removes protections from liability for facilitating trafficking, made it too risky to maintain its personal ads. Read More…

Advocate Dedicated to Uncovering Government Secrets Is Fired for Sex Harassment Robert Freeman, a nationally known force for government transparency, engaged in “unwanted physical contact” with a female reporter earlier this year. Read More…

For a Longer, Healthier Life, Share Your Data Privacy protections are standing in the way of artificial-intelligence programs that could diagnose cancers and screen for genetic disorders. Read More…

An Old Scam With a New Twist If you have gotten a message from someone who claims to have dirt on you — and shows off, as proof, a password you’ve previously used — here’s what happened. Read More…