A new lawsuit is taking on Apple’s data collection practices in the wake of a recent report by independent researchers who found Apple was continuing to track consumers in its mobile apps, even when ...

Every day, we tap and swipe on our favorite apps without a second thought. But have we ever paused to consider what happens to our data in the process? From social media platforms to fitness trackers, ...

This photo illustration created in Washington, DC, on July 6, 2023, shows the logo for Threads, an Instagram app, reflected in its opening page. This photo illustration created in Washington, DC, on ...

The Federal Trade Commission took action against an AI-powered photo app that secretly harvested biometric data from users’ personal images, marking one of the clearest examples of how apps ...

iPhone apps are scooping up your data via push notifications, according to a new report. Credit: Getty Images Push notifications are being exploited to invasively collect user data once again, ...

Back in May of 2021, Google announced that privacy labels would be coming to the Google Play Store. Now, almost a year later, the company has announced that it will soon be rolling these labels out to ...

A recent study reveals the most data hungry apps 2025, showing social media giants like Meta’s Facebook and Instagram collect vast amounts of “linked” personal data (156 data points each). This ...