Every day, we tap and swipe on our favorite apps without a second thought. But have we ever paused to consider what happens to our data in the process? From social media platforms to fitness trackers, ...

Pretty much every app on the market collects some data about its users, and personal finance apps are no exception. That’s why there are so many services to help you maintain your digital privacy and ...

Cybersecurity firm and VPN provider Surfshark has conducted a study of popular taxi and ride-hailing apps to ascertain how much data each app collects. The company is ...

The FBI warns that foreign-developed apps, particularly those tied to China, may collect personal data even if someone never ...

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center has issued a public service announcement warning that foreign-developed mobile apps used in the United States pose serious data-security risks, including the ...

AI apps are all the rage in 2025, but a new study looked into exactly how much data they are collecting, and spoiler alert, it’s a lot. Since ChatGPT, every business under the sun has been jumping on ...

Many popular apps collect far more personal data than they need to work. These 20 apps quietly gather your photos, location, contacts, and more—and you probably have at least one of them installed ...

A change to TikTok’s U.S. privacy policy on Wednesday introduced a new section that says the social video app “may collect biometric identifiers and biometric information” from its users’ content.