PRIVACY

Technology companies have been pummeled by revelations about how poorly they protect their customers’ personal information.

Long delays and terminal closures start to surface at U.S. airports amid shortage of TSA workers during government shutdown.

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Our private data should not be under the control of social media and technology giants, nor financial institutions, nor other intermediaries.

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Much like Apple, Silk Labs likes to keep as much user data on-device as possible.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella called data privacy a "human right" and praised Europe's comprehensive data legislation.

Users are now able to review and delete their search history directly in Google Search without digging into the settings.

Apple CEO Tim Cook once again railed against data collection in a keynote address in Brussels.

Apple released a tool that allows U.S. users to download all the data they gave to the company.

Facebook reportedly concluded that its recent data breach was carried out by spammers looking to make money, not foreign interlopers.

Facebook is said to be developing a device that connects to TVs and offers video calling as well as streaming services.

An Irish data watchdog opened an investigation into how much data Twitter collects from users.

Switzerland’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that prosecutors cannot extend Swiss banking secrecy rules to all corners of the globe to pursue whistleblowers and other leakers at foreign subsidiaries.

Facebook's long-rumored Portal video calling device is real and will launch in November.

It's been discovered that Instagram is prototyping a new feature that allows the app to share its users' location history with Facebook.

Prince William and Kate Middleton go by the code names Danny Collins and Daphne Clark when traveling.

The head of Germany's chief antitrust office said they may take action against Facebook before the end of the year.

Researchers found that Facebook ads can be targeted to specific users based on phone numbers they offered in the hopes of increased security.

Executives from several tech companies said they support federal data protection regulation in the United States during a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday.

According to the State Department's own records, it employs 69,000 people, of which about 600-700 were affected by the breach of the department's unclassified email system.