Privacy

Project Nightingale, a medical data collection project between Google and health care provider Ascension, will be the subject of an announced federal probe.

Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., have the power to help prevent this kind of life-destroying abuse—yet they have refused to act time and again.

Plans to monitor St. Louis with "spy planes" were denounced at a protest in the city Thursday.

The justified backlash against tech giants here in Silicon Valley is a visceral reaction to the ongoing attacks on America's institutions and values. We must step up to protect our elections, privacy and free speech.

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the ban was needed as a "deterrent to radical behavior" following months of anti-government protests.

Canada's bottom-up model upholds privacy as a human right and a constitutional value, while valuing the economic importance of innovative data use.

Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act requires anyone collecting uniquely identifiable biometric data—like fingerprints or retinal scans—to receive informed consent beforehand.

The integrity of Alexa's privacy safeguards and compliance with privacy laws have come into question in recent months.

Does rolling out a potentially game-changing global digital currency seem appropriate for a company with Facebook's reputation issues?

Hey Alexa! Who would have guessed it's convenience, not totalitarianism that would bring all-seeing eyes into our homes?

It's a privacy application that keeps you anonymous on the internet—and it's now on Google Play.

The Echo Dot for kids can help your child learn, play and grow. It's also collecting massive amounts of data about them.

"We've fixed the underlying issue and are notifying people whose contacts were imported," Facebook said in a statement.

If you think Facebook and Google invade your privacy, imagine what hackers could do with a minute-to-minute log of your disease symptoms, behaviors, locations and even your appearance and conversations.

Hackers steal our data. Tech firms abuse it. Can blockchain fix our privacy woes?

The Orwellian app could keep tabs on those owing money.

Apps in a section of the Google Play store designed for kids have caused harm by breaking privacy laws, displaying adult content or using manipulative advertising, the FTC complaint alleges.

An API bug may have granted third-party apps access to some photos.

Developers using uninstall trackers can flood you with ads to reinstall their software.

On Wednesday, the notification system will send a push alert and vibrating tone to every wireless phone in the country, with "Presidential Alert."

WhatsApp co-founders Brian Acton and Jan Koum have both left Facebook, which acquired the company in 2014 for $22 billion.

The update will "make everyday tasks on iPhone and iPad faster and more responsive," Apple said.

Government officials want greater access to secure communications data.

The newly arrived Yandex Taxi app is a product of one of Russia's most successful and popular digital companies—and Lithuanian officials are suspicious.

"We will continue to invest heavily in security and privacy because we have a responsibility to keep people safe," said Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.

If ad personalization is switched on, the new "Ad Settings" feature will show you how marketing is tailored.

Sandwiched between a promise to protect Mexico's election and the announcement of a gaming platform was a notification that a bug had impacted 14 million users.

In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook faced new questions over its data-sharing ties to major technology firms.

The government "never really had the chance to ascertain the advantages or disadvantages" of the site, the communications minister told local media.

Millions of customers use search and social platforms each day without paying for the service. How did we get here?