personal information

Mike Proulx, research director at Forrester, explains how to remove personal information with a new tool from Google.

A data breach at the state agency that operates Rhode Island’s public bus service compromised the personal information of about 22,000 people, agency officials said at a legislative hearing. The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority shared documents at a Senate oversight committee hearing Monday night disclosing that of about those affected, 5,000 were RIPTA employees and some of the additional…

Natalie Lizarraga speaks with Boston University professor Manuel Egele about the different ways we can protect our information from getting into the wrong hands. Egele also talks about what to do about any suspicious financial transactions.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, officials in New Hampshire are urging all residents to be vigilant and to protect themselves against scammers. In the last few weeks, scammers have been ramping up their efforts to gain access to the personal information of older adults across the country, including in New Hampshire, according to Attorney General Gordon MacDonald. Some of the scams…