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From weather apps to social media, many services collect far more personal data than needed. Before downloading, users should ...

Apps collecting data is nothing new. Everyone has known for years that collecting and selling user data to external parties makes big money.

If you're a smartphone user, it's no secret that many of your daily apps collect personal data. But have you ever wondered which apps top the list when it comes to gathering the most information ...

NEW YORK, Aug 10: In today’s digital landscape, many apps collect extensive user data—sometimes far beyond what is necessary for their functionality. While certain apps, like weather services, require ...

Learn more about which AI apps are collecting the most user data, and which ones are using it to share with third-party advertisers.

iPhone apps like Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and X/Twitter are bypassing Apple's privacy regulations by collecting user data through notifications, despite users' efforts to prevent this.

Mobile apps and social media platforms now let companies gather much more fine-grained information about people at a lower cost.

Many apps you use every day are highly invasive—but you don't have to make it easy for companies and data brokers to obtain and use your information.

Big data collection is estimated to blossom into a trillion-dollar industry. Yet, there is no national data privacy law to protect consumers.

As far as collecting storage data is concerned, out of the tested apps, 11 could read and write to the device's storage – data that could include user-generated files, photos, videos, documents ...

New York regulators said in a new report that Facebook did little to enforce a policy that prevents it from collecting sensitive user data from apps.