Smartphone users generate vast amounts of personal data every day, and much of it is being collected, shared, and sold through apps that seem harmless at first glance. From social media platforms to ...

Users can be tracked in their emails using CSS. Similar to usage data on the web, senders of emails can collect data and thus draw conclusions about the system used. This is shown by a study conducted ...

Companies can now accrue stunning amounts of intimate data about their employees’ bodies. Some might collect biometric data such as fingerprints and retina scans as part of efforts to improve security ...

If you have a smartphone and spend any time on the internet, it's likely that at least some of your personal data has been collected, shared, and sold at some point. Many apps you use every day are ...

AFP - Google is halting the collection of WiFi network information for its controversial Street View mapping service after admitting it mistakenly gathered personal data sent over unsecured systems.

Evidence-based policy making is also the theme of this year’s Day for the protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse marked annually on 18 November. The Day, launched by the ...

Austrian data protection agency, Noyb, has filed a lawsuit against Ubisoft, claiming that the French company is collecting user data from single-player games without a valid legal reason. The ...

The United States' chief consumer product safety agency plans to stop collecting information about some injuries later this week due to the Trump administration's steep cuts to the Centers for Disease ...