Researchers Find More Cases of Facebook App Data Exposure

The Associated Press Apr 3, 2019 User names and passwords are among the records revealed by a third-party developer, another sign of the company's struggles with privacy. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Facebook Facing Criminal Probe Over Data Sharing

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Mar 14, 2019 The beleaguered social network is already battling multiple lawsuits and is also facing record fines. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Weather Channel App Accused of Selling Users’ Personal Data

BRIAN MELLEY / The Associated Press Jan 4, 2019 The 80 percent of users who allowed location tracking to get local forecasts unwittingly sacrificed their privacy, prosecutors say. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Internet-Connected Cars Accelerate Down Data-Collection Highway

MICHAEL LIEDTKE / The Associated Press Dec 22, 2018 By 2020, about 75 percent of cars sold will be plugged into the internet. While there are some benefits, surveillance is a concern. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Facebook Exposed Users’ Private Photos

Naomi LaChance / Truthdig Dec 14, 2018 Third-party apps could access some people's photos during a period in September, the latest of several privacy scandals for Facebook. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Facebook Let Smartphone Companies Access Your Private Data

Ilana Novick Nov 13, 2018 The company did so without user permission. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Facebook Says 50 Million User Accounts Affected by Security Breach

The Associated Press Sep 28, 2018 The company, after suffering a new setback, says it has taken steps to fix the hack and has alerted law enforcement. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New U.S. Privacy Law Could Be Good for Google, Bad for You

Marcy Gordon and Matt O'Brien / The Associated Press Sep 27, 2018 Congress is taking steps toward determining how companies use consumer data, and indications are that regulation will be light. Dig deeper ( 3 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 )

Private Messaging Apps Increasingly Used for Public Business

RYAN J. FOLEY / The Associated Press Jul 22, 2018 Open government advocates fear such technology is being misused by public officials to conduct business in secret and evade transparency laws. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

‘Do You Know Your Right of Publicity?’ (Audio and Transcript)

Staff and Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jun 23, 2018 "Scheer Intelligence" podcast host Robert Scheer and guest Jennifer Rothman cover a topic that was once the concern of a relatively few famous and powerful people but has now become just about everybody's business. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )

‘We Live in a Golden Age of Surveillance’ (Audio and Transcript)

Staff and Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jun 10, 2018 Robert Scheer talks with Nate Cardozo, the attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, on the struggle to protect free expression, privacy and innovation in a hyperconnected world. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )