Worried About Your Data Security and Privacy? You're Not Alone

Consumers around the world are concerned about how both companies and their governments are treating their personal data, and some of them are doing something about it. According to the results of a survey from Malwarebytes released Wednesday, 89% of people are concerned that corporations are inappropriately accessing and using their data, while 72% are worried that the government is doing the same thing. The security software company's pulse survey polled 1,500 readers of its newsletter from across the globe between March 17 and 27 of this year. The results come on the heels of a handful of recent incidents that have spotlighted just how much personal consumer data is being collected and stored by both companies and the government, and the security and privacy concerns related to that. 23andMe's Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing in March drew into question what could happen to its massive collection of private consumer data, including its millions of genetic samples and testi ... Read full article.