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PowerSchool will soon delete all of its data on North Carolina students and most of its data on teachers. The State Board of Education approved a $415,000 contract with the California company Thursday ...

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At this point, most Americans are aware that their personal information is often up for sale. But few would have expected their domestic flight records to be part of the trade. You might think that ...

The United States Data Security Program (DSP) represents a significant regulatory undertaking by the US government to control the flow of bulk sensitive data to specific foreign countries, for ...

Samsung recently warned users that it will delete Samsung accounts if they are inactive. If you’re a Samsung phone user, or you were in the past, then you could be affected even if you’re an iPhone ...

Federal authorities say they will discontinue some weather data — but they are delaying the original plan to do so by one month. Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ...

Ahead of a sale, only 15% of 23andMe's user base has deleted accounts. Do people not care, or are they just unaware? For those in the latter camp, here's how to ditch your account. As part of its ...