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, ...

The US Supreme Court Tuesday declined to hear an appeal by a professional photographer who sued a hospitality tech company for removing copyright metadata from his ...

Windows Vista will improve search functionality on a PC by letting users tag files with metadata, but those tags could cause unwanted and embarrassing information disclosure, Gartner analysts have ...

Workshare, a specialist in collaboration software built around Microsoft Office applications, is aiming to alert businesses to the danger of hidden data lurking in their documents. The company on ...

Litera is upgrading its metadata cleaner for email, Metadact-e, by adding custom administration options and support for more file types. The product helps analyze and remove metadata in documents — ...

Metadata gets a lot of bad press. Whenever it’s mentioned, someone is getting blistered by hidden data they negligently left in an electronic file. Metadata is actually a functional and necessary ...