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The Federal Trade Commission could resolve its investigation into Chinese-owned short video app TikTok over allegedly faulty privacy and data security practices by either filing suit or reaching a settlement…
U.S. spies and cops are vacuuming up huge amounts of data about Americans from data brokers — a trend that puts us on a dangerous path already trodden out by…
The government and private companies spy on us. My former employee, Naomi Brockwell, has become a privacy specialist. She advises people on how to protect their privacy. She tells me…
Apple is reportedly preparing to impose new fees and restrictions on software downloads outside of its App Store — in what could be a “major test” of Europe’s attempts to…
Google has agreed to settle a massive $5 billion lawsuit that accused the embattled tech giant of improperly tracking the personal data of millions of people who used its Chrome…
In a 1990 Harris Poll study of American opinion, 79% of respondents said they were concerned about threats to personal privacy. The big issue back then? Caller ID. When we…
Snapchat’s artificial intelligence feature, My AI, freaked users out when it went rogue on Tuesday, automatically posting a photo to users’ stories who thought the techy tool was only a…
Video footage of Amazon drivers being tracked by their employers were leaked to Reddit in recent days — highlighting the extent to which the e-commerce giant monitors those who deliver…
The Federal Trade Commission sued an app analytics company on Monday for selling cell phone location data that the agency said could be used to track people to sensitive locations…
Facebook, Instagram and TikTook’s iPhone apps are in a position to monitoring the whole thing customers sort of their in-app web browsers, in keeping with warnings from a safety researcher.…