Browser fingerprinting and the death of cookies
Third-party cookies may be on the way out, but a new tracking technology has already sprung up in their place.
Consumers and Data
How to remove metadata from photos and videos
A picture paints a thousand data points – here’s how you can better protect your privacy.
What does Windows Security do?
We look at Windows Security features beyond antivirus and firewall and how you can customise your settings.
What are loyalty schemes like Flybuys and Everyday Rewards doing with your data?
How the data you hand over at the checkout can be shared and sold to businesses you’ve never dealt with.
How to avoid giving away your personal details online
Sometimes hackers ask politely for the information they need. Here’s how to steer clear of their tricks on social media.
Meet the new CHOICE team tackling data misuse
We’re taking on consumer data misuse and harmful automated decision-making.
How and why Windows 10 tracks your location data
Just how much does Microsoft know about your movements?
How and why Twitter tracks your location data
Where you go and what you do are data points that sell to you.
Equifax data breach a ‘one-off’, agency claims
When an Equifax customer logged in and saw someone else’s details, he worried about the safety of his own personal data.
Steer clear of fake Dyson Facebook pages offering $4 products
The company tells CHOICE it has no links to bogus Facebook pages and urges customers to ignore them.