Gizmodo’s tests found the higher-ed gatekeeper shares GPAs, SAT information, and other data with big tech.
At a time when threats to digital privacy are at an all-time high, one of the web's most formidable hacktivist groups may offer a solution with "Veilid."
The games rating agency proposed using facial age estimation to scan selfies but said it would not stop kids from playing restrictively rated games.
The members of Congress want Biden to expand HIPPA to prevent law enforcement from accessing abortion records and other health data without a warrant.
The UN says we're facing an existential threat to the "notion of human identity, freedom of thought, privacy, and memory.”
The controversial Cooper Davis Act has been voted out of committee, meaning it will take another step towards enactment.
The Cooper Davis Act would force tech companies to report suspected drug activity to the government. Experts say it would be a disaster for digital privacy.
Tax companies' practices of sharing 'pixels' with Meta revealed a wide range of sensitive data including taxpayers’ names, filing status, and addresses.
Data brokers can sell your location data to any paying customer but a Massachusetts bill designed to protect abortion-seekers would outlaw such sales.
European citizens can now file appeals against U.S. intelligence agencies for illegally accessing their data.
The popular porn site claimed mandatory age verification laws led to 80% drop in traffic. Similar laws are already incoming in Texas and Montana.
Welcome Privacy Sandbox: Google’s cookie-killing spree hits the browser in July. Here's what it means.
Apple is joining the ranks of other messaging companies who say the UK's online safety bill would ban end-to-end encryption.
Parents can view teens' time spent on Messenger and receive updates on contact list changes. Instagram tests a LinkedIn-style invite to direct message.
An interview with the FTC's consumer protection chief on how the agency is turning privacy laws upside down to pave the way for the internet we all deserve.
A newly declassified report confirms that the government has unprecedented insight into our lives through smartphones, cars, web browsing, and other tech.
The FTC reached two landmark settlements with Amazon, one for violating kids' privacy and another for letting creeps watch home security camera videos.
Edmodo was hailed as an education savior, then it flopped. The FTC says it harvested kids data and sold them out to advertisers without parents' consent.
Meta says the record-breaking fine under the GDPR will cost the company 10% of its global ad revenue.
At a raucous city council hearing, lawmakers and activists alike argued in favor of bills banning biometric tech in residential buildings and large venues.
