privacy

YouTube is soon set to limit the way it collects data on videos designed for children to comply with a federal privacy clampdown.

BRASILIA—Brazil's Ministry of Justice said on Monday, Dec. 30, that it fined United States tech giant Facebook Inc ...

Investigative reporters probing alleged misuse of the sensitive data of Europeans found that health websites were illegally sharing ...

Facebook Inc. has been paying outside contractors to transcribe audio clips from users of its services.

The Russian creators of a popular mobile face editing application addressed scrutiny over its seemingly indefinite ownership of ...

OTTAWA—A parliamentary committee is grappling with the consequences of a major data breach at Desjardins Group. The breach, ...

The FTC has voted to approve a fine of about $5 billion for Facebook over privacy violations, the ...

OTTAWA—Tech giants will be in the hot seat this week as politicians from Canada and 10 other countries ...

A major American airline will conceal the camera built into its inflight entertainment system in response to privacy ...

MENLO PARK, Calif.—Facebook Inc. on April 30 debuted an overhaul of its core social network and new business-focused ...

DALLAS—Nationwide physician-staffing company EmCare says a breach exposed personal data for about 31,000 patients, including in some cases ...

Popular Chinese video-sharing app TikTok has agreed to pay a $5.7 million fine to settle U.S. government charges ...

A finance app run by Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com was recently caught storing users’ screenshots without permission, in ...

People are continuing to leave Facebook, as campaigns to "delete Facebook" gain momentum and global scrutiny expands in the wake ...

SHANGHAI— It's now possible to check in automatically at Shanghai's Hongqiao airport using facial recognition technology, part of ...

CANBERRA, Australia—Visitors to New Zealand can be fined 5,000 New Zealand dollars ($3,243) for refusing to provide passwords ...

WASHINGTON– Leading internet search engine Google will acknowledge that it has made "mistakes" on privacy issues in testimony ...

Google has been accused in a lawsuit of illegally tracking the movements of millions of iPhone and Android ...

Many police departments are reaching for body cameras to boost transparency as scrutiny over bias and brutality intensifies. ...

Prince Harry slammed the media's constant speculating on his private life, including whether he has a girlfriend or ...

Even though the bulk collection of Americans' telephone records has ended, calls and emails are still being swept ...

The debate about online privacy versus the battle against crime was given new life this week with an ...

Under a request from the U.S. Department of Justice, the Supreme Court has decided to expand the FBI’s ...

We now have dozens of smart devices in our houses and even on our bodies. And your gadgets ...

Computerized placards are literally watching you—and they may even follow you home.

The Department of Justice will continue to demand apple to unlock an iPhone in a New York drug ...