We've all heard before that our cellphones are listening to us and monitoring our every move. While this has been debunked (or, at least, explained), the fact of the matter is that data tracking is ...

Roku, Fire, and Chromecast TVs may collect viewing, usage, and screen‑content data. You can disable or limit data collection via privacy/ACR settings. Full privacy requires disconnecting the TV from ...

This past June, a John Doe plaintiff who was a patient at Baltimore-based Medstar Health System filed a class-action complaint against Meta Platforms in the U.S. District Court for the Northern ...

Concerned about your smart TV collecting data about your watching habits? Here’s a quick fix to disable those settings on an ...

In this week's Ask Maggie, I offer some suggestions for managing data usage as Verizon ditches its all-you-can-eat plans. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone ...

After the Roe v. Wade draft opinion leak, social media users started telling people to delete their period-tracking app data in case it could be used to prosecute ...

Tesla vehicle telematics and records from a Cybertruck are providing key insights into the New Year's Day explosion in Las Vegas – data that may not have been available decades ago but which raise ...