Apple introduced app privacy labels to help people better understand what data an app may collect, including what data is linked to them or used to track them across the web. When released back in ...

The purpose of the App Store privacy labels is to help users understand what data is collected and how it is used. Photo: Apple Developers have updated instructions for filling out the privacy ...

US and EU consumer protection bodies are pushing for a data privacy labelling system which would make it easier for online shoppers to become aware of how their personal data is being used and passed ...

Smart gadgets collect vast amounts of our personal data through their apps. It's usually unclear why the manufacturers need this information or what they do with it. And I don't just mean smartphones.

A recent survey presented at the 32nd USENIX Security Symposium examines the vulnerability that home smart devices are to cyberattacks and how U.S. consumers are willing to pay extra for those same ...

The Federal Communications Commission should require broadband providers to disclose their privacy practices in easily read, standardized formats, advocacy groups are urging. “Simplified privacy ...

The report is part of a push to create a universal opt-out mechanism for consumers using IoT devices The federal recommendation is for privacy disclosures on Monroney labels, the windshield stickers ...

Critics say that users don't read online services' privacy policies because companies make them incomprehensible and inaccessible. (Amen!) A better system is needed, and Web sites need to give more ...