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North Carolina could soon be the next state to require companies to share what they're doing with your data.
Getting companies and data brokers to delete your personal information can lower your chances of being in a data breach. 5 On Your Side's Keely Arthur shows you how you can delete it yourself or getting a company to do it for you.
Google must hand over its search results and some data to rival companies but does not need to break itself up by selling its Chrome web browser, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
David McCabe, New York Times
A Garner teen is facing charges after allegedly using someone else's Smoothie King account to order $583 of food items. Authorities say the account was compromised during a 2023 data breach that affected thousands of customers.
You get a call from a number your recognize and are told someone you love is being held for ransom.
Dozens of school employees in the state have already received threatening emails claiming to have sensitive data. Experts have advice for how they should react and what steps they should take to protect themselves.
A December data breach exposed the records of millions of North Carolina students and teachers who had, at one point, used the PowerSchool statewide information system.
Cybersecurity vulnerabilities threatened sensitive student data for millions of North Carolina students. Here's how it happened, how victims can protect themselves from identity theft, and why experts say a threat could still exist.
Emily Walkenhorst and Destinee Patterson, WRAL News
Tech giant Google is unlawfully collecting and selling data on K-12 students' web activities, a pair of California families allege in a federal lawsuit filed this week.
The bill would require providers to give cell phone location data to police in case of a 911 call or emergency.
The bill would require providers to quickly provide cell phone location data to police in case of a 911 call or emergency.
Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol bureau chief
A new Consumer Reports investigation reveals that automakers could be tracking and selling your driving data, often without you even knowing it.
The Wake County Public School System is advising those affected to take protective measures, including reviewing financial accounts and placing credit freezes, while planning a transition to a new system in July.
The Wake County Public School System is advising those affected to take protective measures, including reviewing financial accounts and placing credit freezes, while planning a transition to a new system in July
All public schools that use or have used PowerSchool's student information system were affected "to some degree" by last month's data breach. Who exactly was affected and what data was exposed is still unclear.
Cars collect sensitive data about drivers, including location, speed and time of driving.
Consumer Reports' Justin Brookman warns that cars collect sensitive data about drivers, including location, speed, and time of driving, which can be sold to data brokers.
Pritchard Strong, WRAL consumer producer
Real-time, wearable monitoring technologies are poised to up-end the current model of health care away from the home. How quickly will the industry and individuals adapt?
Last week, the world narrowly escaped what could have been one of the largest and most crippling cyber attacks in history. And yet, there has been minimal media coverage of what (almost) happened.
If it succeeds, the proposal could establish the US equivalent of the European Union’s landmark privacy law known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
