Today Facebook announced the roll-out of its Off-Facebook Activity tool (initially introduced as “Clear History” nearly two years ago). The tools shows you a list of apps, websites, and businesses that Facebook knows you have visited through its business tools (including Facebook Login, Facebook’s...

More and more companies are promising privacy online and an alternative to the big internet firms.

Facebook has faced a barrage of concern over an apparent bug that resulted in the social media giant’s iPhone app exposing the camera as users scroll through their feed. A tweet over the weekend blew up after Joshua Maddux tweeted a screen recording of the Facebook app on his iPhone. He notic…

Facebook told two senators why it tracks users' locations even when their tracking services are turned off.

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

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

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?

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

Tinder and other popular apps were given 'whitelist' privileges

The company in September said it had suspended tens of thousands of apps as a result of an investigation into its software developer ecosystem following the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

In a first, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ruled that companies violated civil rights law through their use of Facebook’s targeting advertising.

Social media platforms based in the U.S. including Facebook and WhatsApp will be forced to share users’ encrypted messages with British police under a new treaty between the two countries, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Understanding political ads and their transparency

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In December 2018, Privacy international exposed the dubious practices of some of the most popular apps in the world.