A security lapse at dating app Raw publicly exposed the personal data and private location data of its users, TechCrunch has found. The exposed data included users’ display names, dates of birth, ...

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that location data voluntarily provided to apps is not protected by the Fourth Amendment. The ruling stems from a robbery case where police used location data from the ...

A hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed which apps are—knowingly or not—being used to collect your information behind the scenes. Some of the world’s most popular apps are likely ...

Using dating apps to find love can already be a daunting process. Now, security researchers in Belgium have found that dozens of these apps may threaten users' privacy too, by leaking their sensitive ...

I've been an iPhone user for a long time, and I'm very mindful of who I share my location with or what apps and services get access to location data. I block apps from tracking me, and I do not share ...

A hacker has stolen the messages, call logs and locations intercepted by a widely used phone monitoring app called LetMeSpy, according to the company that makes the spyware. The phone monitoring app, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about privacy including AI, privtech, data justice and law. Femtech apps aim to empower users by helping them gain ...

Gravy Analytics has amassed a vast trove of people's mobile locations, making it a potentially attractive target for a hacker. On Sunday, a hacker claimed they’d stolen terabytes of data from Gravy ...