A growing number of websites visited by millions of consumers daily are employing something called “session replay software” that allows the company to record everything the user does on the site.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Bob Myman has stopped buying things over the Internet. The 50-year-old entertainment lawyer has good reason: His credit card number was posted online in December by hackers who ...

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After promising that its software would shield internet users from third-party tracking, Avast allegedly harvested and sold customers' online browsing data, according to the Federal Trade Commission.

NEW YORK, Feb. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Software Experts has published a new article examining how virtual private networks are being used to support secure browsing and online privacy. The review ...

Data privacy has been a powder keg for litigation over the last few years, especially as state privacy laws evolve alongside international regulations and data transfer pacts. To help mitigate these ...

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Hospitals and healthcare organizations have come under fire for their use of third-party web tracking technologies and analytics software like Facebook parent company Meta’s Pixel tracker. These tech ...

A 23-year-old side-channel attack for spying on people's web browsing histories will get shut down in the forthcoming Chrome 136, released last Thursday to the Chrome beta channel.… At least that's ...