Amazon admission in letter to US senator re-ignites privacy row over Alexa and its range of smart speakers
European regulators are tightening their grip on multinationals including Apple, Facebook, Twitter and Google as stricter GDPR rules come into…
Lawsuit alleges Alexa routinely records and voiceprints children without consent
Responding to privacy and ethical concerns, Microsoft deletes facial recognition training database
Open source community also bolsters Firefox security with tracking protection set to default
Dating app ordered to hand over messages, videos and photos of Russian users, as part of tough 'data protection' laws
The focus on 'anti-competitive conduct' at major tech companies comes as the Department of Justice and the FTC reportedly prepare…
Facebook chief executive and chairman sees off a series of votes aimed at reducing his power at the social media…
Europe's top court will finally hear privacy case against Facebook, after Irish Supreme Court ruling
Time to switch to Signal, Telegram? Facebook confirms WhatsApp will carry adverts from 2020
The 'disappearing' message platform vendor has dedicated tools to gather user data for internal purposes, and has had to contend…
Next-generation networks make it too difficult for security agencies to spy on targets, says EU counter-terrorism coordinator Gilles de Kerchove…
The practice undermines the EU's existing net neutrality rules and also has worrying privacy implications, campaigners say
Personal and passport data on 2.25 million Russians, including high ranking government officials, leaked
First city in the United States looks to ban the use of facial recognition over privacy and human rights concerns
The company urges its 1.5 billion users to update after finding devices were tapped using a vulnerability in the software
The company says it is cracking down on the way third parties handle users' personal information, amidst pressure for tighter…
Google to offer users the option to auto-delete location history and web search data that it harvests
Facebook reportedly faces having a federal privacy official on its board, as part of settlement deal with FTC
Travellers to the US are being increasingly ordered to unlock their smartphones and laptops for searches
Digital strip search? Cops to ask rape and other victims to hand over phones to ensure prosecution go-ahead
Strong results from social networking giant as it prepares to pay billions for privacy breaches
Critics say plans to link together existing identity databases across the EU may break Europe's own data protection laws
Oh dear, oh dear. Facebook admits uploading email contact data on 1.5 million people without consent
Are you listening Alexa? Amazon staff are “reviewing” audio clips of people speaking to their Echo smart speakers
The changes for the first time clearly spell out Facebook's business model of selling user data for use in targeted…
The investigation follows a Dutch report that found privacy concerns with the way Microsoft held public authorities' data in a…
MSPs say more work is needed on the privacy and human rights implications of the controversial tools, which bypass phone…
Apple staffer and American citizen Andreas Gal detained by US border agents after refusing to unlock devices