Fearing the growing clout of Facebook, some publishers and retailers are reprogramming their websites to send less data back to the social network about who visits their sites.
How to Understand the Social Network's Privacy Policy and Take Control of Targeted Ads
Last week, Geoffrey Fowler wrote a primer for Facebook members about how the social network increasingly tracks our activities. Here are answers to some of the most common reader questions about Facebook tracking, and how to stop it.
Law enforcement authorities in California will generally have to get a warrant from judge to compel phone and Internet companies to turn over any digital customer information.
President Barack Obama proposed new legislation aimed at combating online fraud, protecting digital privacy and creating new corporate responsibilities in the event of data breaches.
European Union officials reached agreement Tuesday on a pan-European digital-privacy law, creating a strict new legal framework on how companies can use individuals’ personal information.
By Glenda Toma
The debate on regulating digital privacy.
A new European digital privacy law could have serious consequences for online advertising in the region, threatening everyone from ad tech middlemen to publishers to Web giants like Google and Facebook
The sweeping new digital privacy regime that European Union officials agreed to runs counter to practices that have become commonplace in the U.S., according to several American corporations.
Law Blog rounds up the morning's legal news.
Facebook is mulling the creation of health apps as part of an initiative that could also include online “support communities,” according to a report.
It’s the weekend. Time to catch up on all the things you didn’t have time to read this week. Here are some selections from the Journal for your weekend reading list.
In order to access Facebook, users must agree to a lengthy terms of service contract that outline everything Facebook has permission to do. That includes tracking users, even when they aren't on Facebook, for advertising purposes.
Following last month’s attacks in Paris, European Union officials are pressing big U.S. tech companies to free up surveillance access to their user data, marking a shift in the debate over privacy and security within the bloc.
Recent lawsuits filed by users against Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google highlight the risks that companies face as they adopt the technology as an alternative to the password.
Any tourist in China knows to be vigilant against the country’s voluminous counterfeits, from fake lamb meat to phony jade bangles. Now, the government is offering its help in sussing out fakes of a spiritual kind.
In the battle between privacy and security, you might think a breach of the iPhone would be a bad thing for the user—but experts say this is exactly how the system should work, writes Christopher Mims.
Here's your morning roundup of the biggest marketing, advertising and media industry news and happenings.
‘Encryption,’ coined in World War II, is built on centuries of code-making and code-breaking.
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