Privacy

Amazon plans to spend billions of dollars on two gigantic acquisitions: iRobot and One Medical. If approved, Amazon could gather data Roomba collects from mapping floor plans and more.

Amazon's home security company has stated it will not share customer information without consent, a warrant or "an exigent or emergency" circumstance.

A new Snapchat update allows users to access someone's exact location. 'Snap Map' gives users their friend's street address if they have their location turned on.

Lawmakers claim Apple and Google's mobile tracking has exposed millions of Americans to surveillance by governments and private actors

The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to advance to a confirmation vote for President Biden's nominee to the Federal Trade Commission, privacy advocate and Georgetown University law professor Alvaro Bedoya.

State lawmakers are stepping up against what some see as an attempted power grab by the Internal Revenue Service.

Google said Wednesday that it plans to develop more privacy-focused replacements for the alphanumeric identifiers associated with individual smartphones that some apps use to gather and share information about users.

The IRS has agreed to abandon its plan to use facial recognition through a third party to identify taxpayers after both Republican and Democratic lawmakers condemned the practice.

EXCLUSIVE: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) would be barred from using facial recognition software on taxpayers under new legislation introduced Friday in Congress.

TikTok users in the U.S. could be eligible to receive cash from a $92 million class action settlement.

Twitter Inc on Tuesday reported quarterly results that avoided the brunt of Apple Inc privacy changes on advertising that hobbled its rivals, sending its shares up 3%.