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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The Federal Trade Commission finalized an order with General Motors GM-2.63%decrease; red down pointing triangle and OnStar to settle allegations that the companies collected and sold consumers’ data ...

Smart TVs collecting user data through viewing habits and device interactions, highlighting the importance of managing privacy settings to protect personal information. Pixabay, newhouse Smart TVs ...

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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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 ...

Oct 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been probing marketing platform AppLovin's (APP.O), opens new tab data-collection practices, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing ...

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 ...