Data Privacy

The settlement stems from a lawsuit alleging Facebook developers sold user data to Cambridge Analytica, a former political consulting firm, to target people in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Some online therapy companies are facing scrutiny for how they handle user data. Experts weigh in on what patients can do to keep their data safer when using these types of services.

It’s being reported that users of the gay dating app Grindr have had their data collected from a digital advertising network and made available for sale since 2017. We’ll look at how Grindr’s use of this data impacts user privacy.

Anyone who doesn't want their phone number, email or street address to be found online can ask Google to omit the data from its search results.

State lawmakers are considering a bill that’s meant to protect the data of Ohioans. The sponsor of the bill said he wants other legislators to have time to take a closer look at it.

Location data from millions of phones is helping the U.S. government collect clues about COVID-19.Officials hope that by tracking where people move and…