Put simply, metadata is data about data. Metadata is contained in virtually every device that collects data today. For example, document files leave detailed snippets including who created and edited ...

Mark Rix is affiliated with Amnesty International and International Commission of Jurists. Privacy and individuals’ ability to remain anonymous are important ...

Since November 2013, researchers at Stanford University have been asking: What’s in your metadata? Specifically, the study encouraged volunteers who also used Facebook to install an app called ...

But What's So Wrong With Metadata? The hunt for the right videoclip on the Web today is almost entirely dependent on metadata, the tags and descriptions that identify the who, what and where. Many ...