Facebook's new Privacy Center explains how the company handles data collectionThe other topics that users can read up on are data use, ads, sharing and security.By K. Holt, 01.07.2022
Audacity owner will revise its privacy policy following spyware concernsMuse Group says it won't sell the 'very limited' user data it will collect.By K. Holt, 07.06.2021
Audacity sparks uproar over new data collection policySome users are calling the audio-editing app 'spyware.' By K. Holt, 07.05.2021
Facebook ordered to stop collecting data on German WhatsApp usersAn emergency ban will be in place for three months.By K. Holt, 05.11.2021
Ring temporarily pauses most third-party data collectionUsers can also opt out of ad tracking.By M. DeAngelis, 03.12.2020
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
Google tries to explain its controversial health data collection programPersonal info is only seen by select people and never used for advertising, it said. By S. Dent, 11.20.2019
Contractors say they were told to lie while collecting Pixel 4 face scansA New York Daily News report cites 'dubious' tactics.By R. Lawler, 10.02.2019
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
Sidewalk Labs' street signs alert people to data collection in useThe icons let people know what data and information is being collected around them.By A. Dellinger, 04.19.2019
Multiple iOS apps are reportedly sharing sensitive data with Facebook (updated)An ovulation app tells Facebook when users have their period, according to the WSJ.By K. Holt, 02.22.2019
Facebook shuts down Onavo VPN app following privacy scandalThe program is being shut down completely, months after the iOS version first went offline. By M. Moon, 02.22.2019
The NSA can reportedly collect 100 percent of an unnamed country's phone callsBy S. Silbert, 03.18.2014
UK patients' data uploaded to Google servers, serious privacy concerns ensue (update)By S. Silbert, 03.03.2014
NSA cites executive order to defend its collection of cellphone location dataBy S. Silbert, 12.06.2013