The underpinnings of how app store analytics platforms operate were exposed this week by BuzzFeed, which uncovered the network of mobile apps used by popular analytics firm Sensor Tower to amass app ...

Mobile applications are quietly attracting more and more malevolent attention — and for good reason. They contain a trove of private information about their users. In the iOS universe alone, 82.78%, ...

Stop letting companies collect your data. Use these tips to keep your personal information safe. I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, password managers, private messaging apps and ...

The insurance company collects telematics information from drivers with its Drivewise app, but says customers are comfortable trading information for enhanced safety. Allstate Insurance Co. developed ...

If you're a smartphone user, it's no secret that many of your daily apps collect personal data. But have you ever wondered which apps top the list when it comes to gathering the most information—and ...

We provide one of the first detailed assessments of smartphone applications as potential replacements for more traditional survey methods. Smartphone applications (or "apps") provide researchers with ...

Companies want to know everything about you. Don't be flattered. Data detailing your online habits can net corporations millions of dollars in ad revenue. In a worst-case scenario that happens all too ...

The scandal over driver data collection by insurers or third parties selling drivers’ information to insurers continues with a lawsuit against a branch of Allstate Insurance Company, Arity, launched ...

Fertility apps on mobile phones might be collecting rather too much personal data sparking fears that creators are selling it. A study of four of Australia’s top 12 fertility apps conducted jointly by ...