Chinese netizens joined people around the world in marvelling that an American journalist could be accidentally invited into a private group chat with senior American national-security officials. But ...

The Federal Trade Commission took action against an AI-powered photo app that secretly harvested biometric data from users’ personal images, marking one of the clearest examples of how apps ...

23andMe customers who once turned over the most personal form of information to the company — their own genetic data — may want it back after the personal genomics and biotech startup declared ...

This article draws on some research into privacy labels from the University of Bristol's Marvin Ramokapane and Sophia Walsh. Smart gadgets collect vast amounts of our personal data through their apps.

As Google’s 2024 antitrust loss proved, the company has worked very, very hard to ensure its search engine is the primary roadmap for the Internet. Google scours the Internet for data about everything ...

State Senate leaders are pushing a proposal they say would end the “Wild West of data collection” in Massachusetts, by seeking to ban tech companies from selling children’s personal data and allow ...

The Trump administration's push to rapidly amass sensitive personal information about hundreds of millions of people living in the U.S. is extending to a rich new vein of information: troves of ...

You’ve been planning on fixing your brakes and Googling auto repair shops. At the same time, you have been longing to buy butterscotch fudge ripple ice cream and searching for it on your Instacart app ...