Facebook is facing an EU investigation over data collectionRegulators also opened a 'preliminary investigation' into Google's data practices.By K. Holt, 12.02.2019
New York AG is investigating Facebook over email contact scrapingThe service previously asked some new users for their email passwords.By K. Holt, 04.25.2019
Google also has a data-vacuuming iOS app that bypasses the App Store (Update)Like Facebook, Google compensates participants for granting it deep access to phone data.By K. Holt, 01.30.2019
CCleaner promises to give users more control over data after backlashThis shouldn't have been an afterthought.By S. Krishna, 08.02.2018
Data-broker leak exposes 340 million personal recordsPhone numbers, home addresses and religious beliefs were publicly accessible. By K. Filippidis, 06.28.2018
Parent groups say YouTube defies underage data-collection lawsCampaigners say YouTube isn't doing enough to protect children. By D. Cooper, 04.09.2018
Strava simplified how to opt out of its heat map data collectionThe opt-out toggle is now on the first page of its privacy settings.By M. Locklear, 03.01.2018
Windows 10's data collection allegedly violates Dutch privacy lawUnsurprisingly, Microsoft disagrees with some key points.By J. Fingas, 10.15.2017
Google will no longer scan your Gmail for ad targetingThe company will still happily gather your data elsewhere, of course. By R. LeFebvre, 06.23.2017
The Meitu selfie app unlocks your anime beauty and personal dataBehind those glowing eyes is a data mining operation. By R. Baldwin, 01.20.2017
Facebook buys data on users' offline habits for better adsAnd opting out is a lot more complicated than it should be.By N. Ingraham, 12.30.2016
Companies would be in charge of phone records under Obama's new data collection proposalBy J. Rigg, 03.27.2014
WSJ: Four ways to distance the NSA from phone records that'll be considered by governmentBy J. Rigg, 02.26.2014