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A Peninsula tech company is calling for a big federal investigation involving your paystub, a topic Consumer Investigator Chris Chmura’s team is tackling. He explains.

A small Peninsula tech company is calling for a big federal investigation. It involves your paystub. 

A small Peninsula tech company is calling for a big federal investigation that involves your paystub. Consumer Investigator Chris Chmura reports.

Privacy rights advocates are taking aim at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after a new report uncovered how the federal agency created a vast surveillance network that allows it to track almost every person across the U.S.

In the wake of the leaked Supreme Court draft that would overturn Roe v. Wade, many women say they’re confronting new privacy fears. Scott Budman reports.

In the wake of the leaked Supreme Court draft that would overturn Roe v. Wade, many women say they’re confronting new privacy fears brought on by modern technology and the bounty that some states are putting on information about women visiting clinics.

The metaverse has drawn hype, but unless its cybersecurity risks are addressed, companies may not see the success they’re hoping for in this new realm.

NBC Bay Area Consumer Investigator Chris Chmura explains who is eligible for a new social security number and how to apply for one.

Russia has blocked access to Meta-owned Facebook and restricted access to Twitter. Russians are using VPNs to try to bypass increasing internet controls.

Who sees your paystub each payday? Just you, your boss, the IRS, and… a data broker? That’s right, there’s a good chance a private data company is getting your paystub, too. What we’re about to explain is likely surprising and new to you. But it’s probably not at all new to execs in your company. It’s profitable and it’s growing...

NBC Bay Area Consumer Investigator Chris Chmura explains how to check if data brokers have information from your paystubs.

Who sees your paystub each payday? Just you, your boss, the IRS, and… a data broker? That’s right, there’s a good chance a private data company is getting your paystub, too. What we’re about to explain is likely surprising and new to you. But it’s probably not at all new to execs in your company. It’s profitable and it’s growing...

The IRS was previously partnering with third-party software provider ID.me to verify online accounts. Amid alarm, the agency is no longer doing so.

Meta has said it is considering shutting down Facebook and Instagram in Europe if it can’t keep transferring user data back to the U.S.

EU data protection authorities have handed out a total of $1.2 billion in fines over breaches of the bloc’s GDPR law since Jan. 28, 2021.

The Bay Area answers the Question of the Day: What do you think of Facebook ending its face recognition program?

Governments are piling pressure on tech giants like Facebook and Apple to grant authorities access to encrypted messages.

Facebook says it is creating new tools to divert users from harmful content, limit political content and give parents more control on teen Instagram accounts.

Google and DeepMind are facing legal action for the way in which they obtained and processed over a million patient health records without consent in the U.K.