With so much personal data floating publicly on the internet, consumers have a legitimate interest in controlling the information flow. Some are taking matters into their own hands, opting out of ...

Your digital life is valuable to companies collecting data about you and selling it to marketers. Here's how to beat them by getting your digital self offline. Removing yourself from the internet is ...

Alan is a technology author based in Nova Scotia, Canada. A computer enthusiast since his youth, Alan stays current on what is new and what is next. With over 30 years of experience in computer, video ...

Whenever you use a search engine, pieces of your personal information end up online. This information circulates the web, becoming accessible to hackers and scammers. In effect, the risk of you being ...

Everything you post online has an opportunity to be used to track you, whether it's your next stalker or a digital ad agency. Your data is up for grabs. Here's how to reduce your digital footprint ...

It can be alarming to Google yourself and see that the results include data brokers displaying your address, age and family members. (Photo: Muharrem huner via Getty Images) Once upon a time, it was ...

Thanks to increasing concerns over security and privacy — not least our mental health — the idea of deleting oneself from the internet has never been a hotter topic. Yet that process is complex: the ...

Americans love the Internet, with 88.5% of us active online. We have accounts everywhere, letting us kill time at work on Facebook, check Twitter for the latest news, cruise Pinterest for ...