Daily life is increasingly measured, stored and processed as digital information. Phones, wearables, apps, vehicles and AI systems now turn movement, health, speech and attention into data. The shift is creating new services and economic value, but it is also raising privacy, ...

Consumers now face more options than ever in shopping, media, finance, travel, health and information. Yet many of those options are shaped by algorithms, subscription systems, default settings and automated tools. Recent surveys and regulatory actions show a growing concern: ...