Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be making a statement within the next 24 hours, after several days of silence since the company’s data...

Following Facebook’s suspension of Cambridge Analytica, the analytics firm charged with exploiting Facebook user data, the social...

Amid ongoing scrutiny and ahead of the May 2018 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) deadline in Europe, Facebook is undertaking a...

As we approach implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe and brace for its repercussions in the US,...

With so much data being collected, stored and used, it was inevitable that breaches would be on the rise. The year 2017 saw more...

Last week, Quartz reported that Google has been collecting user and cell-tower location data even when people have turned location...

Uber has settled a privacy complaint brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), charging that it failed to sufficiently protect...

Google’s recent $2.7 billion antitrust fine in Europe had a material impact on its quarterly earnings. The possibility of additional...

The massive flow of data emanating from mobile phones and sent by carriers into the ad and marketing ecosystem could hit a blockade in...

With just over a year left until the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes live, it’s time for the industry focus to move...

Consumer surveys have repeatedly shown the public’s ambivalence about digital privacy. When there’s a clear value exchange or concrete...

By now, most companies who do any business in the EU are aware of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which was approved by...

Last week, Congress voted to overturn online privacy rules created by the Obama FCC, which had not yet gone into effect. The rules...

TVs are “spying” on us, and so are sex toys. The Senate also just reversed an Obama-FCC rule that imposed limits on what ISPs and...

Google’s recent freeze on granting defamation removal requests has thawed a little. Even so, the company’s actions around harmful and...

Privacy is a complex issue, and opinions on the subject often depend on the perspective it is viewed from. I’m a passionate privacy...

Google, Facebook and several other large US-based internet sites have had a tense relationship with EU regulators, who see many of their...

In George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel, “1984,” every house is equipped with a Telescreen, a monitoring device enabling government...

It’s February, 2017. Do you know where your GDPR plans are? On May 25 of next year, the General Data Protection Regulation goes into...

Smart TV maker VIZIO will pay a $2.2 million penalty based on the improper collection of consumer viewing habits and data without...