Your personal privacy depends on your awareness, tech controls that allow you to decide what to share, and public policies that take personal privacy into account.

Social networks are exceedingly common in today's society. A social network site is an online platform where people build social relations with others and share information. For the last two decades, ...

A federal appeals court blocked a FTC rule that would have forced businesses to make it easier to cancel unwanted subscriptions and memberships.

Nine-in-ten U.S. teens say they use YouTube. Majorities also use TikTok (63%), Instagram (61%) and Snapchat (55%).

A rule which would have required businesses to make it easy for consumers to cancel unwanted subscriptions has been blocked ...

The US “comprehensive” law landscape continues to expand, with two more states—Tennessee (July 1) and Minnesota (July 31) ...

If lawmakers get their way, social media users will see warnings about the potential toll their scrolling could be taking on their mental health.

As job-seekers look for work in a challenging environment, an increasing number are falling victim to job scams that promise good pay for completing easy online ...

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) “click-to-cancel” rule was struck down by an appeals court on Tuesday, just days before it was set to take effect. The rule, announced in October 2024, would ...

Let's examine how your data is collected in everyday life, who is buying and selling it, what happens to it afterward, and, ...

McAfee’s AI Threat Report (Q1 2025) found that 1 in 4 consumers have received or know someone who received an AI-generated ...

Mobile apps and social media platforms now let companies gather much more fine-grained information about people at a lower ...