PRIVACY

Facebook and Nielsen are joining to track information on TV users' habits on mobile devices. Here's what that means for you.

The group is also asking Facebook to make the News Feed algorithm public.

If found guilty of manipulating the news feeds of hundreds of thousands of users, the company may have to cough up a hefty fine.

India's investigation of black money in secretive Swiss banks was triggered by a list of accounts at HSBC leaked by a whisteblower.

EU citizens have come one step closer to being "forgotten" by the Internet.

Charles Farr said that it's legal to spy on British social media activity because Facebook's servers are in the U.S.

Company claims warrant violates international law.

The anti-surveillance effort aims to give websites, developers and Internet users actionable tools to protect privacy online.

Apple seems to have heard the message about protecting customer privacy.

Social media, electronic surveillance and digital privacy experts have been vocal about Facebook's plan to amass data through smartphone mics.

Tuesday’s “right to be forgotten” ruling underscores significant differences in data privacy laws in the U.S. and Europe.

While a great majority have welcomed the ruling, calling it a victory for data protection and the right to privacy, there has also been backlash.

Ruling may disrupt the way search engines operate across the Web.

Dr. Astro Teller revealed a little more about Google X’s mission, future goals and the privacy concerns surrounding Google Glass at Disrupt NY.

Day 2 of Macworld 2014 kicked off with Robert Scoble and Shel Israel discussing how social data will be used in the future.

New policy will be "clear to consumers and binding on Microsoft."

A certain Senate subcommittee has been looking into American multinationals offshore taxes, the latest from a decades-old panel exposing everything from organized crime to the Enron collapse.

“I took an oath to support the Constitution, and I felt the Constitution was violated on a massive scale,” Snowden said.

Leaked documents recently revealed the NSA and GCHQ almost used the Xbox 360 Kinect camera to spy on users.

Over the past two years, the US Senate has been investigating 14 Swiss banks for their role in aiding tax evasion by their American clients.

More than 6,000 websites are helping their visitors beseech Congress in an Aaron Swartz-inspired protest against government surveillance.