It seems like every day there’s a new story in the media about sensitive data getting in to the wrong hands. Headlines around companies or government bodies leaking a customer database or client ...

Microsoft has introduced automatic EXIF metadata removal for Teams images, stripping hidden GPS coordinates and device details starting late January 2026 across all platforms.

In many cases, it is important to remove metadata from Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, and that’s because it includes identifying information that may include such things as your full name, initials, ...

Every photo you take is secretly telling a story you might not want to share. Buried inside the image file is hidden metadata that can show exactly when and where you took it, what camera or phone you ...

Tagging capabilities in Windows Vista have come under fire as potentially dangerous. Is metadata a threat to information security, or is this much ado about nothing?<BR><BR> Story.

What is Metadata and Where is it Stored? Metadata is information that is not readily apparent from the face of an electronic file. [1] Described broadly, metadata is “data which provides information ...

When creating or editing a Word document, some personal information that you do not wish to share will be added to the file automatically. The Document Inspector feature searches for and removes ...

To make data archives that last is an urgent task. That’s the message of the European Commission’s eArchiving initiative, which has just announced version 2.0 of its architecture and that its funding ...