Windows operating systems collect extensive data through various background processes, often without explicit user awareness.

Streaming devices like Fire TV Sticks and Chromecasts gather personal data for various purposes. If that makes you uneasy, here's how to regain some control.

You use them every day, but have no idea what they're collecting. Find out which apps are quietly harvesting your location, contacts, photos, and more—and what you can do about it.

The review determined that TikTok's safeguards for keeping underage users off the platform were inadequate, leading to the collection of data from a large number of ...

The immensely popular social media app TikTok has been collecting sensitive information from hundreds of thousands of ...

Federal and provincial privacy authorities say a joint investigation found TikTok's efforts to keep children off the platform ...

Introduction Mental health issues such as depression and anxiety are highly and disproportionally prevalent among university ...

On iPhone: go to Settings > General > Background App Refresh to turn it off globally or per app. On Android: go to Settings > ...

By Isaac Haizel This article explores the hidden world of data collection that accompanies the seemingly simple act of ...

Instagram and Facebook rank first, collecting the most sensitive info like physical address, device, and user ID.

The Labor Department’s internal watchdog says it is initiating a review of how the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) compiles economic data. In a letter dated Wednesday, Laura Nicolosi, an assistant ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) - The office of the Labor Department's inspector general said on Wednesday it was initiating a review of challenges the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) faces in ...