Many popular apps collect far more personal data than they need to work. These 20 apps quietly gather your photos, location, ...

Some TikTok users are raising questions about the app's new terms and conditions after the social media platform's split from ...

AI chat app "Chat & Ask AI" reportedly exposed 300 million private messages from 25+ million users, including conversations ...

In July 2025, a 4chan user posted a simple Python script. Within hours, thousands of women’s driver’s licenses, selfies, and intimate conversations were spreading across the dark corners of the ...

Whether you own the latest iPhone or one of the Android smartphones, there's a good chance you use more than a few apps daily. From checking the weather to keeping yourself entertained with a game, ...

A recent cyberattack exposed the sensitive personal data of thousands of women who used the Tea Dating Advice app to discuss and review men they date. A few days later, a California jury found that ...

Data Privacy Day exposes a harder truth: privacy erosion now happens legally, quietly, and at scale—long before accountability or restraint enter the conversation.

Muslim Pro, one of the world’s most popular Islamic apps with more than 170 million downloads globally, has implemented significant changes to its data practices following allegations in 2020 ...

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