Ring lacks basic security features, making it easy for hackers to turn the company's cameras against its customers.

Computer scientists have developed an algorithm that can pick out almost any American in databases supposedly stripped of personal information.

Facebook learns about what users are buying in order to serve them ads that reflect what they're likely to spend money on.

DNA-test firm 23andMe to share customer gene data with drug co. GlaxoSmithKline for $300 million. Privacy advocates sad but not surprised.

I did a detailed privacy check of the app TikTok and its corresponding website. Multiple law infringements, trust, transparency and data protection breaches were found.I provide all technical an

Facebook finally did the thing it always said it wasn't going to do. We're shocked. Shocked, we say. ...

Two years ago, Apple launched an aggressive battle against ads that track users across the web. Today executives in the online publishing and advertising industries say that effort has been stunningly effective—posing a problem for advertisers looking to reach affluent consumers.Since Apple ...

The majority of the police forces that answered questions by AlgorithmWatch said they use or plan to introduce face recognition. Use cases vary greatly across countries, but almost all have in common their lack of transparency.

Hackers can also take control of unsecured smart TVs and use them as a bridgehead to access your router and form their get into your computer or smartphone, the Oregon FBI warned.

A free online analysis tool to check if a website is disguising third-party trackers as first-party trackers.

Suppose you’ve picked up an Android phone on the street and you saw the 4 apps above. Can you guess the profile of the phone user?

Mozilla is set to block the DigiTrust consortium from tracking users in its Firefox browser.

A document obtained by Motherboard shows how DMVs sell people’s names, addresses, and other personal information to generate revenue.

An in-depth exploration of a new method used by tracking companies to disguise their third-party trackers as first-party trackers.

Facebook says you can turn off location tracking; two senators have their doubts