Data Protection

Chrome Is Dropping Its Privacy Promise for On-Device AI — What You Need to Know If you use Chrome, you may have noticed something new eating up disk space or making your browser behave differently. Over the past few days, multiple reports have confirmed that Google is quietly installing a 4GB AI model on users’ computers — and that Chrome’s earlier privacy promise about this feature has been removed. Here’s what changed, why it matters, and what you can do about it. ...

Which To-Do List App Protects Your Privacy Best? A Security-Focused Look at the Top 3 A to-do list app stores your daily plans, deadlines, and sometimes sensitive details like project notes, medical appointments, or client information. Yet many people choose their task manager based on features and interface alone, without considering where that data ends up. Wirecutter’s latest roundup of the best to-do list apps for 2026 offers a solid starting point, but the privacy and security practices of each app vary significantly. Here’s what you need to know before trusting your tasks to any of them. ...

The Best To-Do List Apps of 2026: Which Ones Keep Your Data Safe? If you rely on a to‑do list app to organise your day, you’re trusting that app with more than just reminders. Your grocery list might seem harmless, but many people also store work deadlines, personal goals, medical appointments, and even passwords in plain text inside these apps. That makes privacy and security a legitimate concern—one that often gets overlooked in favour of flashy features or sleek design. ...

The Best To-Do List Apps for Privacy: 3 Top Picks That Respect Your Data A recent roundup of to-do list apps for 2026 highlighted three popular options: Thinglist, Todoist, and Microsoft To Do. While each app excels at helping you organize tasks, their approaches to privacy and data security differ significantly. For privacy-conscious users, choosing the right app means looking beyond features like due dates and labels—it means understanding how your data is stored, shared, and protected. ...

Why Your Privacy Can’t Keep Up With AI — and What to Do About It A new global survey from TrustArc, published today, has confirmed what many privacy watchers have suspected for a while: the companies rolling out AI tools are not keeping up with the privacy protections consumers expect. The report, covering thousands of organizations worldwide, finds that privacy capabilities are struggling to match the speed of AI adoption. For the average person, that gap means your personal data may be more exposed than you realize. ...

AI Is Outpacing Privacy Protections: What the Latest Survey Means for You A new annual global survey from TrustArc, a well-known privacy compliance firm, has drawn attention to a growing imbalance. The survey’s central finding is straightforward: the speed at which consumers and businesses are adopting AI tools is outstripping the privacy protections meant to safeguard personal data. For everyday users — anyone who has typed a question into a chatbot, generated an image online, or used an AI assistant — this gap creates real, practical risks. ...

Why Privacy Can’t Keep Up with AI — and What You Can Do About It The latest annual privacy survey from TrustArc, a privacy management firm, confirms what many users have suspected: AI adoption is racing ahead of the safeguards meant to protect personal data. According to the survey, 78 percent of organizations report that their privacy capabilities are struggling to keep pace with how quickly they’re deploying AI tools. Meanwhile, 65 percent of consumers say they are worried about how AI companies use their data. ...

Privacy Groups Urge HUD to Drop AI Tool That Would Use Your Sensitive Data On May 6, 2026, two prominent digital rights organizations—the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)—sent a letter to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) asking the agency to abandon a proposed artificial intelligence tool. The tool would rely on sensitive personal data, including financial and medical records, to make decisions about housing assistance. The groups argue it poses serious privacy risks, lacks transparency, and could lead to discrimination. ...

AI Is Zooming Ahead Faster Than Your Privacy Can Keep Up – Here’s How to Protect Yourself A new global survey from TrustArc, a privacy compliance company, underscores what many experts have been warning about: organizations are adopting artificial intelligence tools far more quickly than they are updating their privacy safeguards. The annual report, which polls privacy professionals across industries, found that privacy capability struggles to keep pace with AI adoption, TrustArc Annual Global Survey findings suggest. For consumers, that gap creates real and immediate risks to personal data. ...

AI Tools Are Getting Smarter — But Your Privacy Is Falling Behind If you’ve used a chatbot, image generator, or smart assistant lately, you’ve probably noticed how much more capable these tools have become. What you may not realize is that the companies behind them are racing ahead with AI while leaving privacy protections in the dust. A major new survey makes the gap plain: most organizations are adopting AI faster than they can build the safeguards needed to protect your personal data. ...