Meta’s new text-based conversation platform Threads launched with a bang earlier this month, surpassing 100 million sign-ups less than a week after it became available to the public on July 5. But ...

You wake up in the morning and, first thing, you open your weather app. You close that pesky ad that opens first and check the forecast. You like your weather app, which shows hourly weather forecasts ...

In the wake of a report about App Store data collection by Apple, a suit has emerged alleging that the company is willfully violating user privacy and monetizing user data without permission.

Every day, we tap and swipe on our favorite apps without a second thought. But have we ever paused to consider what happens to our data in the process? From social media platforms to fitness trackers, ...

Apple Fellow Phil Schiller took the stand for the second day in a row in the Epic Games v. Apple trial, revealing details ranging from data collection to an influencer program for Apple Arcade. During ...

Back in May of 2021, Google announced that privacy labels would be coming to the Google Play Store. Now, almost a year later, the company has announced that it will soon be rolling these labels out to ...

The Arizona Attorney General has filed a major lawsuit against Temu, alleging they engage in widespread data collection, ...

A recent study reveals the most data hungry apps 2025, showing social media giants like Meta’s Facebook and Instagram collect vast amounts of “linked” personal data (156 data points each). This ...

On Monday, Apple released iOS 14.5, the smartphone update that Facebook fears. The operating system upgrade includes improvements like a Face ID that’s better attuned to face masks, as well as more ...

The controversial data broker X-Mode bought location data from Bro, a dating app for “bi, gay, and open-minded men,” the virtual makeup app Perfect365, and the popular live streaming app Tango, along ...