Big Brother has a new secret weapon, and he's using it to watch your every Internet move. Computer files called Flash cookies may have told him which websites you visited this morning, what purchases ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Whenever you do anything on the internet, you’re being tracked. As ...

When you browse the web, you would notice that some websites seem to know your preferences as you’re instantly prompted with ads that are tailored to your interests, right upon loading their site or ...

Last week, we looked at the current state of Internet tracking, where companies spy on your physical location and record your activities, building profiles on you that can be used for both good and ...

Users concerned with online privacy have been struggling for years to come up with a solution to being tracked on the Web. Such users either want to avoid irritating, targeted ads based on browsing ...

In a lengthy new complaint expected to be filed Thursday with the Federal Trade Commission, the Center for Digital Democracy and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) say they're concerned ...

You are in a fishbowl, fully exposed to all the watchful eyes on the internet. Big Tech has every click, every purchase, every “like” — going back at least a decade — cataloged and replicated across ...

Many people have been waking up over the last 24 hours to find that they have received a payment of around $40 from Facebook. The first question people have is whether the payment is legitimate. And ...

The internet as you know it today is changing significantly behind the scenes. As a result, you may be subject to less hidden monitoring of your activities from unseen companies you have never heard ...

WASHINGTON — The White House wants a "Do Not Track" option put on websites to give consumers greater control of their personal information online but Internet companies and privacy groups are at odds ...

Have you ever wondered why online ads appear for things that you were just thinking about? There’s no big conspiracy. Ad tech can be creepily accurate. Tech giant Oracle is one of a few companies in ...