Privacy & Data Protection
How to Do a Personal Privacy Checkup Before Fall Routines Kick In
The kids go back to school, work picks back up, and everyone’s calendar fills in again. It’s also the moment when a lot of digital habits from summer, the apps downloaded on vacation, the location sharing turned on for a road trip, the new social accounts made out of boredom, tend to stick around long […]
What Wearable Fitness Trackers Know About You, and Who Else Can See It
That band on your wrist knows when you wake up, how well you slept, where you went for your run, and roughly how stressed you were during that meeting that ran long. It probably knows your resting heart rate better than you do. None of that is sinister on its own. But it’s worth asking […]
How to Check if an App Is Selling Your Location Data
That flashlight app probably doesn’t need to know where you’ve been all day. But there’s a decent chance it knows exactly that, and that somewhere, that detail is worth money to someone. Location data is one of the most valuable things your phone collects, and one of the least visible. You can’t see it leave […]
A Plain-Language Guide to Data Breach Notifications: What to Do When You Get One
An email shows up with a subject line like “Important Security Notice” and your stomach drops a little. You open it and find out a company you’ve done business with, maybe a retailer, a healthcare portal, or an app you barely remember signing up for, just told you your information was involved in a breach. […]
How to Talk to Teens About Sharing Location With Friends
Your teen’s location dot is sitting on a group chat with six other kids, updating in real time, and you found out about it by accident when you picked up their phone to check the weather. That moment, the one where you realize a whole friend group can see exactly where your kid is at […]