Facebook collects tons of data about its users, but it's also purchasing personal information like annual income and offline shopping habits from data brokers.
AJ Dellinger
Dec 28, 2016
Update: Amazon responds on authorities issuing a warrant for an Amazon Echo device powered by Alexa to see if the gadget has any information linked to a 2015 murder case.
Denisse Moreno
Dec 27, 2016
Foreigners coming into the U.S. are being requested to provide their Facebook, Twitter and other social media accounts upon arriving in the country.
Denisse Moreno
Dec 23, 2016
Privacy groups have filed a complaint against Google to the Federal Trade Commission regarding the search giant's new policy that combines personally-identifiable data with browsing information gathered by advertisers.
AJ Dellinger
Dec 20, 2016
Google has voluntarily agreed to settle a lawsuit by changing the way it scans emails. The company will soon wait until emails arrive in a user's inbox before scanning for advertising purposes.
AJ Dellinger
Dec 14, 2016
Evernote’s privacy changes will take effect Jan. 22, 2017 and users are threatening to abandon the service.
Karen Tumbokon
Dec 14, 2016
A lawsuit filed against Uber by a former security employee alleges the company allowed for wide access of customer data that allowed employees to track prominent people and personal acquaintances.
AJ Dellinger
Dec 12, 2016
Consumer watchdogs in the United States and Europe have filed complaints against smart toy manufacturers for failing to disclose their products are recording and retaining conversations with children.
AJ Dellinger
Dec 06, 2016
Trusted Contacts is Google's new personal safety app.
AJ Dellinger
Dec 05, 2016
A change to a federal rule is set to go into effect on December 1 that will grant the federal government wide-ranging warrants to hack into devices remotely.
AJ Dellinger
Nov 30, 2016
A recently revealed flaw shows that attackers can access a phone owner's private information from their iPhones, including contacts, photos and message logs.
Denisse Moreno
Nov 18, 2016
Edward Snowden is holding a Q & A about Donald Trump, privacy and much more with a live audience. Watch the Snowden discuss online here.
William Mansell
Nov 10, 2016
Several of the emails belonged to Russia’s former Deputy Prime Minister Vladislav Surkov and point to Russian involvement in eastern Ukraine.
Mary Pascaline
Nov 04, 2016
The company’s announcement comes amid uncertainty about its future following a hacking breach, allegations of invasion of users' privacy and doubts surrounding a deal with Verizon.
Lydia O'Neal
Oct 18, 2016
The company developed a software program to search emails for specific information requested by the government.
Juliana Rose Pignataro
Oct 04, 2016
The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information also asked the California tech giant to delete all the data it has collected from WhatsApp so far.
Mary Pascaline
Sep 27, 2016
Best-selling author James Patterson has decided not to publish his new thriller “The Murder of Stephen King.”
Sally Japco
Sep 22, 2016
WhatsApp is working on another way to make its users feel more secure by adding passcodes to messages.
Ken Manbert Salcedo
Sep 22, 2016
The California-based tech giant took privacy to a new level when it obscured the face of a cow in Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
Mary Pascaline
Sep 16, 2016
The announcement Thursday is ostensibly meant to benefit users, but if you have privacy concerns, you have only one month to opt out.
Himanshu Goenka
Aug 26, 2016
In an effort to shed light on the global surveillance industry, Privacy International has released a searchable database of over 500 surveillance companies across the world.
Avaneesh Pandey
Aug 02, 2016
New anti-terrorism laws in Russia will force communications operators to store metadata for three years and release it to security services when requested.
Lydia Tomkiw
Jul 07, 2016
