Many popular apps collect far more personal data than they need to work. These 20 apps quietly gather your photos, location, contacts, and more—and you probably have at least one of them installed ...

Google has agreed to a preliminary $135 million settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by Android users who accused it of harvesting their data without consent. The suit alleged that since ...

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New Pivotly Parse service combines AI speed with human approval to guarantee 100% accuracy for mission-critical workflows in construction, manufacturing, and field services. Pivotly today announced ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has rewritten its small business data collection rule, dramatically scaling back the scope of the rule from its earlier version in a way that will likely ...

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All new extensions will be required to declare their data collection practices in their manifest file using a specific key. Starting next week, all new Firefox extensions will be required to declare ...

Starting next month, Mozilla will require Firefox extension developers to disclose whether their add-ons collect or share user data with third parties. The devs will be required to disclose any new ...

Online identity must shift from storing customer data to requesting verifiable proofs. zkTLS turns verification into a yes or no proof, not a document upload, which ties back to the goal of proof over ...

Institutions of higher education and their advocates are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration’s plan to require colleges to submit new data about their admissions decisions. They argued ...

AppLovin shares plummeted after Bloomberg reported that the SEC has been probing the mobile advertising company over its data-collection practices. The agency has been looking into whether the company ...