Privacy

The internet, by revolutionizing communications, has changed the very way we live. Almost every aspect of human life is now touched by the internet and we…

Better late than never, Google has confirmed that improved control over location tracking is one of several new privacy features in the next version of…

A small group of state attorneys general is looking into whether Google has violated antitrust or consumer protection regulations, Bloomberg reported…

On Facebook, two-factor authentication with phone numbers has a two-factored problem. First: The phone number you give to Facebook to help keep your account…

TikTok has had a meteoric rise in the world of social media. The video sharing app, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, recently reached over 1 billion…

Facebook is updating its privacy settings on Android to make it easier for users to control what location data is sent to and stored by the company. In its…

Facebook-owned WhatsApp had been the subject of scrutiny and ‘intense government pressure’ in India over the past few months. This is understandable to some…

Facebook’s lead data protection regulator in Europe has asked the company for an “urgent briefing” regarding plans to integrate the underlying infrastructure…

  At a time when Facebook has been under increased public scrutiny like never before, the company is now hiring at least one of its fiercest antagonists. On…

In an effort to bolster its public credibility in the wake of a very rough year, Facebook is bringing a fierce former critic into the fold. Next month,…