In a lengthy new complaint expected to be filed Thursday with the Federal Trade Commission, the Center for Digital Democracy and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) say they're concerned ...

Big Brother has a new secret weapon, and he's using it to watch your every Internet move. Computer files called Flash cookies may have told him which websites you visited this morning, what purchases ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Whenever you do anything on the internet, you’re being tracked. As ...

Have you ever wondered why online ads appear for things that you were just thinking about? There’s no big conspiracy. Ad tech can be creepily accurate. Tech giant Oracle is one of a few companies in ...

Users concerned with online privacy have been struggling for years to come up with a solution to being tracked on the Web. Such users either want to avoid irritating, targeted ads based on browsing ...

Web Tracking is not the same as website tracking. The latter refers to analyzing things about any website. That’s done using different tools available to webmasters. Web Tracking is about tracking you ...

WASHINGTON — The White House wants a "Do Not Track" option put on websites to give consumers greater control of their personal information online but Internet companies and privacy groups are at odds ...

When you browse the web, you would notice that some websites seem to know your preferences as you’re instantly prompted with ads that are tailored to your interests, right upon loading their site or ...

Mark Zuckerberg just dodged a key question about Facebook’s ability to follow you around the internet Of all the many creepy concerns raised by Facebook's enormous power and reach, one of the ...

The internet as you know it today is changing significantly behind the scenes. As a result, you may be subject to less hidden monitoring of your activities from unseen companies you have never heard ...