This week was full of startling, scary news about how carelessly Facebook treated user data, and how Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy previously led in part by Steve Bannon, abused access to that data, possibly for Trump's presidential campaign. The news was all but obvious to those who … Read More

Apple CEO Tim Cook, long an staunch advocate for consumer privacy, says that he supports the idea of tech companies facing regulations that specify just how they're able to use customer data. Speaking at the China Development Forum in Beijing on Saturday, Cook was asked for his thoughts on what … …

"It's not just a Facebook problem. It became a Facebook problem first, because they collect the most data," he said. "Unlike Google or Twitter who figures out who you are based on sites you visit, Facebook specifically knows your name, your birthday, where you live – and because of that …

FILE PHOTO: A Facebook logo is seen at the Facebook Gather conference in Brussels, Belgium January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman. The ministry raised six questions in its notice, from whether the firm had engaged in profiling based on the data collected, to how the data was used and if consent … …

The recent revelations that personal data from about 50 million Facebook users were used by a data analytics firm working for the Trump campaign are making a lot of the social network's users uneasy. Some are wondering if there's a better way to limit who can access their personal information. …

The social media site has been roiled by reports that Facebook user data was exploited by British political consultancy Cambridge Analytica on behalf of President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign. The official Facebook pages for Tesla and SpaceX had roughly 2.6 million followers each. Read More

Cambridge Analytica's acting CEO reiterated Friday that the company didn't use Facebook data it received through a third-party research agency in its work with the Trump campaign during the election. "Please can I be absolutely clear," Alexander Tayler said in a statement on the company's site, "we … Read More

(Advertising dollars, after all, make up the bulk of many of these companies' revenue.) How secure is your personal information on the internet, and how can you take steps to bolster your privacy in the wake of the Facebook data breach? Take the quiz below to get your internet privacy …

On Monday, two days after the stunning stories in the Guardian and the New York Times that detailed how the data-consulting firm Cambridge Analytica was able to obtain data on millions of Facebook users were published, the company's stock fell by 6.77 percent. Facebook's market cap fell by more … Read …

For the past week, Mark Zuckerberg has grappled with a backlash from lawmakers, regulators and users over Facebook's mishandling of data privacy. He has also had to face another restive group: his own employees. The Facebook chief executive has taken multiple steps over the past few days to … Read More