W eather apps are notoriously easy to build and extremely difficult to police. Any developer can whip up an interface from a ...

From weather apps to social media, many services collect far more personal data than needed. Before downloading, users should check app listings in the Apple App Store or Google Play for details on ...

Post 1Your favorite apps may be doing more than helping you — they may also be leaking your personal data.An Oxford study found that 90% of Google Play apps contain third-party trackers, quietly ...

Whether you own the latest iPhone or one of the Android smartphones, there's a good chance you use more than a few apps daily. From checking the weather to keeping yourself entertained with a game, ...

As we venture further into the age of digital security, biometric data has emerged as a crucial asset. However, concerns are mounting over a trend of apps discreetly selling such data without adequate ...

Privacy regulations and user expectations have fundamentally changed the mobile advertising landscape, creating both challenges and opportunities for app ...

Phone apps do a lot of heavy lifting, like helping us stay connected, entertained, and organized. But not all apps are as ...

An Apple Watch is on display Sept. 20 at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) Every day millions of people share more intimate information with their ...

A class of nearly 100 million Google users claimed the tech giant secretly collected data even after they disabled data ...

On the cusp of Halloween, a new tradition is gaining attention in the ed-tech space: the Scary Apps list, compiled each October by the nonprofit EdTech Leaders Alliance (ETLA) to warn educators and ...

Temu—the Chinese shopping app that has rapidly grown so popular in the US that even Amazon is reportedly trying to copy it—is "dangerous malware" that's secretly monetizing a broad swath of ...

The appellate tribunal in March this year had deferred the hearing in the case, citing the upcoming Digital Personal Data ...