Don't sit around saying "it'll never happen to me" while your personal data is traded around the internet and becomes an ...

Data brokers sell personal details that scammers use to target retirement funds through fake financial advisor calls and ...

Select it, tap on the three dots in the top-right corner, then choose Delete and Delete again to erase it. Data on food and water intake can be wiped like this as well.

Cybersecurity researchers have linked two popular apps with millions of downloads to dangerous spyware that can access ...

Your iPhone holds far more than just photos and contacts—it stores banking information, passwords, personal conversations, ...

Even if the information compiled by National Public Data is public somewhere, you should still opt out of having your records ...

On iOS: Settings > General > Reset and then tap Erase All Content and Settings. On Android: Settings > Backup & reset > Factory data reset and then tap Reset phone or Reset device.

Opinion: Harvard's Guillermo Astudillo and I. Glenn Cohen say the US should enact a federal privacy law that protects individuals' control over personal data, rather than relying on a patchwork of ...

Dozens of companies are hiding how you can delete your personal data, The Markup and CalMatters found. After our reporters ...

Click the "Time Range" drop-down box, then click the time range to clear. Select "Beginning of Time" to delete all browsing data. Click the "Clear Browsing Data" button. All browsing data is deleted.

How to Erase Data From a Computer Before Selling. When you sell a computer, it is always in your best interest to completely erase all of the data on your hard drive before the computer changes hands.

Tap Erase. The iPad will delete all of the data on it, restart, and be just as it was out of the box. Be sure to turn it all the way off before shipping or returning it.