From weather apps to social media, many services collect far more personal data than needed. Before downloading, users should check app listings in the Apple App Store or Google Play for details on ...

Apps collecting data is nothing new. Everyone has known for years that collecting and selling user data to external parties makes big money. What may come as a surprise however, is that it’s not just ...

A class of nearly 100 million Google users claimed the tech giant secretly collected data even after they disabled data ...

Instagram and Facebook rank first, collecting the most sensitive info like physical address, device, and user ID.

AI apps are all the rage in 2025, but a new study looked into exactly how much data they are collecting, and spoiler alert, it’s a lot. Since ChatGPT, every business under the sun has been jumping on ...

iPhone apps including Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and X/Twitter are skirting Apple’s privacy rules to collect user data through notifications, according to tests by security researchers at Mysk Inc., ...

Data collection is taking place on popular apps used by kids, according to a report published by Common Sense Media, a nonprofit research organization. The "2023 ...

Automakers can collect and share mountains of information now that cars, trucks and SUVs have become more connected. 13 Investigates reviewed privacy policies from 14 car manufacturers and found ...

There's a dichotomy between what Apple says about privacy and some of its actions. On the one hand, the company uses end-to-end encryption for iMessage and Facetime, and embraces on-device processing ...

Meta's Bluesky and X (Twitter) competitor, Threads, may be straightforward to use, but its data collection practices are anything but simple. Let's examine exactly what information Meta gathers when ...

Google must pay $425 million to the plaintiffs of a class action lawsuit that accused the company of collecting users' data ...

New York regulators launched a probe after a 2019 Wall Street Journal article. New York regulators said in a new report that Facebook did little to enforce a policy that prevents it from collecting ...