Technology

Report: Each Facebook User Is Tracked by Thousands of Companies

Jon Keegan / The Markup Jan 24, 2024 A new study by Consumer Reports looks at who is sending information about your online activity to Facebook. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

A Private Investigator on Living in a Surveillance Culture

Judith Coburn / TomDispatch Aug 27, 2018 Now that we know we are surveilled 24/7 by the National Security Agency, Facebook, Google, hackers, the Russians, the Chinese and companies from which we've ordered swag on the internet, is there still any "right to be forgotten"? Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

FTC Sounds Privacy Alarm on Data Brokers, Asks Congress to Act

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig May 29, 2014 Ever heard of Acxiom or Corelogic? No? Chances are they've heard of you. According to a new 110-page report from the Federal Trade Commission, data brokers "collect and store a vast amount of data on almost every U.S. household and commercial transaction." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Privacy Tools: How to Opt Out From Data Brokers

Staff / Truthdig Feb 1, 2014 Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What Do Data Brokers Know About You?

By Lois Beckett, ProPublica Mar 10, 2013 Data companies are scooping up enormous amounts of information about almost every American. They sell information about whether you're pregnant or divorced or trying to lose weight, about how rich you are and what kinds of cars you have. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Finally! Feds Probe Sale of Private Phone Records

Staff / Truthdig Jan 18, 2006 What the heck took the federal government so long? | storyMaybe its investigators were too busy hunting for porn. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )