Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. With rising incidents of data breaches and loss of data privacy, regulatory bodies have ...

Information and national security issues need much more attention while the government decides whether to require data retention by Internet service providers. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales ...

A data retention policy is the first step in helping protect an organization's data and avoid financial, civil, and criminal penalties that increasingly accompany poor data management practices. This ...

From both legal and criminological perspectives, timely access to communications metadata such as call logs, IP addresses, and geolocation data is vital in addressing serious crimes including cyber ...

The former head of the CIA has said "we kill people based on metadata", but as Australia introduces new data retention laws, the country's security chief says he's "not quite sure" what the fuss is ...