PRIVACY

Privacy activists and major tech firms are typically at odds, but they both oppose a Senate proposal called the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act.

Privacy advocates throughout the world are calling on the U.S. to follow a European court's example in recognizing data privacy as a fundamental human right.

Microsoft stresses that users are in control of what gets shared.

A status update will not negate a change to Facebook's privacy policy.

Shadi Petosky said she missed her American Airlines flight after TSA workers at Orlando International Airport stopped her Monday.

Public defenders in California want to know how frequently police are using controversial new Stingray-like devices that can snoop on users' cellphones.

Apple seeks to hire at least 86 artificial-intelligence experts in the area of machine learning alone, as it wants to make its iPhone 7 smartphone even smarter.

The new law has caused uncertainty among companies and sparked fears over surveillance and privacy rights.

Silent Circle claims it can protect the data and communications made through its Blackphone 2.

Uber, valued at about $50 billion last month, has been expanding its security staff in recent months after reports of data breaches.

The software regularly contacts Redmond even if the user chooses not to share anything at all.

The U.S. search giant has rejected demands from France's data protection agency to implement the controversial European order, dubbed the "right to be forgotten," on its international search engines.

The Kremlin previously blocked a human rights organization dedicated to letting people subvert censorship.

Facebook criticized the decision and said that German courts had earlier deemed its policies compliant with EU law.

Facebook and Twitter's terms of service can be confusing to read, but social network Ello has created a short "Bill of Rights" for its users.

The privacy-conscious search engine has grown 600 percent since NSA surveillance news broke in 2013.

Civil liberties advocates say Facebook and other tech giants should get permission before storing individuals' likenesses.

If you ever received any emails from Facebook, anyone with access to your account could read the message. Until now.

U.N. Special Rapporteur Daniel Kaye said that the secrecy and anonymity offered by encryption technology safeguards freedom of expression.

The best way to avoid the social network's data collection is to vigilantly delete your Internet cookies.

It's still unknown what those concerns were, or if they were resolved.