Smartphone apps usually store data ( cached data) in certain memory locations of the phone. This allows the app to load the data faster.

What Personal Data Stays on a Phone? The debate between the FBI and Apple over a killer’s iPhone involves encryption, privacy, and national security. But it also has lessons for your personal data.

Like the name implies, it's a special online connectivity setting that lets you "roam" and use your mobile phone plan's gigabyte allotment for internet use. However, unlike regular cellular data ...

Documents and Data on iPhone is basically a stored cache of information gleaned from your apps – things like cookies, log-in data, and downloaded files like images and other files. Simple, right? The ...

How many pics are saved on your phone right now? If you have a smartphone with a decent camera, chances are – thousands. The same goes for emails, too. But all that unnecessary data you are ...

On an iPhone 12 model or later and iPads with cellular introduced after that, enabling Settings > Cellular > Cellular Data Options > Data Mode > Allow More Data on 5G lets your device make ...

A range of popular Android mobile phones engage in significant data collection and sharing with third parties such as Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, and Facebook with no opt-out available to users ...

What is meta data? Big privacy mistake iPhone users make Texting people photos snapped on your iPhone carries a big risk unless you have these settings changed.

Mobile phones create a record of every location visited by the user if the phone is switched on. Statisticians believe the data, which is anonymised, could one day replace census questions in ...