Smart home cameras have become a necessity. You already know they help keep an eye on what’s happening indoors and outdoors, even when you’re not home. But while these cameras are undeniably useful, ...

Austrian data protection agency, Noyb, has filed a lawsuit against Ubisoft, claiming that the French company is collecting user data from single-player games without a valid legal reason. The ...

Amid growing concerns over Chinese AI models like DeepSeek, new research suggests that fears may be overblown - at least when it comes to data privacy. In fact, some popular US-based AI chatbots might ...

After reaching a proposed settlement last year, the FTC has banned General Motors from sharing specific consumer data with third parties, TechCrunch reported. The finalized order wraps up one of the ...

You're probably familiar with the "I am not a robot" checkbox often seen when logging into a website. This security measure, a common CAPTCHA method, is one of several techniques used to distinguish ...

Marshall Gunnell is a Tokyo-based tech journalist and editor with over a decade of experience covering IT, cybersecurity and data storage. Alongside CNET, his work has appeared in ZDNET, Business ...

Security researchers say FreeVPN.One’s Chrome extension can take screenshots of the websites people visit — raising big privacy concerns. The extension’s privacy policy has changed multiple times in ...

Like many people today, you may turn to AI to answer questions, generate content, and gather information. But as they say, there's always a price to pay. In the case of AI, that means user data. In a ...

Data should be the backbone and driving force of all business decisions—and you must stay compliant and ethical during the data collection process. With evolving privacy laws and growing consumer ...

Researchers from Tel Aviv University used mathematical tools from game theory to show that in certain situations, allowing platforms to retain decision-making power over the collection and ...

A major step forward in the nation’s efforts to regulate how internet businesses handle personal data was taken on Saturday ...

Weeks after researchers raised red flags, the U.S. App Store still features VPNs that hide their Chinese ownership and could be routing user data straight into Beijing's hands. More than six weeks ...