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Uber agrees to $148M settlement with states over data breach

Uber has agreed to pay $148 million and take steps to tighten data security.

September 26, 2018 12:26 PM EDT

World

French court upholds Kate Middleton topless photos fine

The damages were short of the 1.5 million euros ($1.75 million) hoped for by the couple.

September 19, 2018 11:46 AM EDT

$FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2015, file photo, a man walks past a building on the Google campus in Mountain View, Calif. Google is trying to make it easier for you to manage the vast pool of information that it collects about your online activities across phones, computers and other devices. \(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)$

Science

Google might be tracking your location. Here's how you can turn it off

You need to turn off this feature to stop the tracking.

August 13, 2018 06:52 PM EDT

Nation

NSA deletion of call records raising questions

Now the NSA is deleting all the information it collected from the queries.

June 30, 2018 06:25 AM EDT

Nation

Facebook made some private posts public for as many as 14M

The news follows a recent furor over Facebook's sharing of user data with device makers,

June 07, 2018 06:21 PM EDT

Nation

Supreme Court limits warrantless police searches of vehicles by homes

A line of Supreme Court cases had generally allowed police to search a vehicle without a warrant.

May 29, 2018 01:51 PM EDT

Nation

A look at DNA testing that ID'd the Golden State Killer

Critics say that familial DNA testing allows for searches of innocent people who happen to be related to someone suspected of committing a crime.

April 27, 2018 01:51 PM EDT

Products

What would government regulation of Facebook actually look like?

Will the Zuckerberg hearings trigger policy that changes the social network for the better?

April 13, 2018 09:10 AM EDT

Nation

Despite the scandals, Facebook users not likely to quit

Most users’ public data has likely been scraped by “malicious actors,” Facebook revealed as Mark Zuckerberg prepared to face Congress.

April 05, 2018 05:44 PM EDT

Nation

Facebook reworks privacy tools amid Cambridge Analytica uproar

Facebook says it wants users to have simpler access the data it collects about them.

March 28, 2018 10:41 AM EDT

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