At the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776, a heroic stand by an outnumbered Maryland regiment may have saved the Continental Army.

Every time you browse the web, you're being tracked. That’s why EFF created Privacy Badger, a free, open source browser extension used by millions to fight corporate surveillance and take back

More than three years after family safety app Life360 (LIF) announced it would transition away from the sale of users’ precise geolocation data in favor of providing business partners with “aggregated...

This could be the first of many lawsuits over D.C.’s ability to govern itself.

The Trump administration is pushing for Americans to upload personal health data to new apps run by private tech companies. This initiative aims to make accessing health records and monitoring...

Researchers in California contacted data brokers in their state to exercise their rights under the California Privacy Protection Act. Many didn’t reply, while others threw up barriers.

Data broker LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. (RAMP) operates a vast digital marketplace that exchanges the personal information of hundreds of millions of individuals grouped into highly specific audience “seg...

In 1986, Jerry Smith a retired record setting Washington Redskins tight end became the first professional athlete to announce that he had AIDS.

The Minnesota shooter allegedly researched several “people search” sites in an attempt to target his victims, highlighting the potential dangers of widely available personal data.

Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.

Ads for blue-chip brands like Verizon, Starbucks, and Instacart are being served on an app full of suggestive content via popular exchanges operated by Meta, Amazon, Epsilon and AppLovin.

The reporters fought to access court records for the story with free legal support from an attorney they connected with through ProJourn.

Restricting direct data broker sales to China is a start—but privacy and security controls on personal data must go much broader.

Meet Georgetown's Matilda Tone, one of the most influential and underappreciated figures in the push to establish an independent Irish republic.