Amazon Web Services enhanced its data-deletion process after Apple highlighted the potential security risk in 2023.

23andMe has filed for bankruptcy, raising concerns about what will happen to the DNA-testing company and all the data it’s collected from customers over the years. In the event that 23andMe is sold, ...

As the generative artificial intelligence gold rush intensifies, concerns about the data used to train machine learning tools have grown. Artists and writers are fighting for a say in how AI companies ...

(TNS) — Erasing your digital footprint could get a lot easier by 2026. California lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill known as the Delete Act that would allow consumers, with a single request, to have ...

The login portal of 23andMe’s website went down Monday evening as customers of the DNA-testing company rushed to delete their genetic data after it filed for ...

23andMe, a genetic-testing and ancestry-tracing company, collects the most personal kind of data from its customers: their DNA. Now, after a data breach in late 2023 and a full board resignation, the ...

THEIR OWN COUNTRIES MAY NOT TAKE THEM BACK. WELL, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO BASED DNA TESTING COMPANY 23 ANDME HAS NOW FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY. THIS IS RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT THE DATA PRIVACY OF ITS 15 MILLION ...

In an era where privacy regulations like GDPR and CCPA have made data deletion a legal obligation, many organizations still find themselves struggling to fulfill these requests. The biggest challenge?

In an InformationWeek Research survey of 300 business technology pros, only 18% of respondents say their organizations use products that delete data so thoroughly that it's completely unrecoverable.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, March 24, 2025: This story, originally published March ...