TikTok just updated its Terms of Service under new ownership, prompting users to look more carefully at the platform's policies. Credit: Joseph Maldonado/Mashable When U.S.-based TikTok users opened ...

A new lawsuit is taking on Apple’s data collection practices in the wake of a recent report by independent researchers who found Apple was continuing to track consumers in its mobile apps, even when ...

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.

iPhone apps are scooping up your data via push notifications, according to a new report. Credit: Getty Images Push notifications are being exploited to invasively collect user data once again, ...

Washington Post technology columnist Geoffrey Fowler says smartphones and apps are harvesting our personal data — and that of our kids — on a scale that would shock most users. By the time a child is ...

Many popular apps collect more of your personal data than necessary to function properly. These 20 apps quietly scoop up your photos, location, contacts, and more. Here's how to protect yourself. I ...

A new report has found the most data-hungry fitness apps. The report lists where each of the top 16 apps fall.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The finding exposes the difference between the privacy policy you may think you’re covered under and the privacy ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Bajarin covers the tech industry’s impact on PC and CE markets. In my column last week, I wrote about one purpose that is ...