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Whether it’s checking email or online shopping, people are more connected than ever to the Internet. But if you don’t pay attention, there could be hundreds of companies tracking you from website to ...

In the ongoing argument about whether the government should pass laws to prohibit companies from tracking Internets users’ browsing habits, one voice has been conspicuously absent — the voice of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Richard Trenholm was CNET's film and TV editor, covering the big screen, small screen and streaming. A member of the Film Critic's Circle, he's covered technology and culture from London's tech scene ...

Microsoft has revealed a new feature that will ship with Internet Explorer 9 to help users avoid the online tracking that is now widespread on the Web and is used to power behavioral advertising. The ...

How will you interact with the Internet of Things in your smart home of the future? Perhaps by looking your connected air conditioning unit in the lens from the comfort of your sofa and fanning your ...

You are in a fishbowl, fully exposed to all the watchful eyes on the internet. Big Tech has every click, every purchase, every “like” — going back at least a decade — cataloged and replicated across ...

Comcast Corp., the nation's third-largest cable company, pledged Wednesday to immediately stop recording the Web browsing activities of each of its 1 million high-speed Internet subscribers. Comcast ...