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A journalist discovered their SSN was exposed in Columbia University's 2024 data breach despite having no affiliation with the school, revealing that Columbia warehoused personal data from millions of unaffiliated individuals through decades of third-party data collection. Columbia eventually admitted the breach affected people beyond its students and staff, exposing 1.8 million Social Security numbers.
A user expresses frustration with Google Search's handling of personal data, alleging inconsistent profiling and unlawful behavior, and calls for public support.
Google announced new AI features at I/O 2026 that integrate deeply with personal data across its services, raising trust and privacy concerns despite optional opt-in.
AI chatbots like Gemini, ChatGPT, and Claude are exposing real phone numbers and personal information due to training data containing PII, causing a 400% increase in privacy-related queries to services like DeleteMe.