PRIVACY

What you need to know about the iPhone X's Face ID.

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minnesota) has asked whether Apple's new device will be able to differentiate between genders, ages, and races in an open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook.

How zcash combines encryption with blockchain technology.

Spanish regulators have hit Facebook with $1.4 million fine over how the company collects personal information from its users.

European countries have called for an increase in taxes of tech companies.

Six additional major banks have joined the Utility Settlement Coin project, which aims to settle trades with a token linked to accounts at central banks.

People rating apps Sarahah has been collecting its users' contacts for a feature that doesn't actually exist.

India's Supreme Court ruled that privacy is a fundamental right, creating new questions for a government identification program and for tech companies operating within the country.

Monero offers more privacy than bitcoin, and its price is soaring.

Colleges and universities can offer access to student data on a whim — and there's very little students can do about it.

Speaker maker Sonos will no longer allow users to opt out of data collection and may brick devices of those users who don't agree to the new privacy policy.

Social media terms of service are too hard for the youngest users to read, leaving them vulnerable to agreeing to terms that they don't understand.

Uber and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement Tuesday which will allow the government authority to conduct privacy audits with the company for 20 years.

Uber has agreed to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over data privacy and security issues.

A class action lawsuit claims Disney and three software companies violated COPPA rules by collecting data from children without parental permission.

The ACLU filed its opening brief in a Supreme Court case that will determine if police can acquire location information from cell phone data without a warrant.

Popular VPN service Hotspot Shield has been accused of violating user privacy by the Center for Democracy and Technology.

The FBI has a massive database containing biometric data of millions of Americans, including fingerprints and iris scans, from the Privacy Act safeguards that require disclosure this month.

Stricter privacy regulations for government agencies might be in the works.

As the European Union's new rules for handling personally identifiable information goes into effect, companies in the U.S. need to prepare themselves for compliance.

EPIC has filed a complaint with the FTC over Google's practice of tracking in-store purchases made by consumers using a potentially unsecure protocol.