Three recent federal court cases consider whether the use of third party trackers embedded in websites can be the basis of class action lawsuits alleging violations of statutes enacted before the ...

In 2024, plaintiffs across the United States filed various class action cases related to web tracking technology employed by companies to enhance user experience on their websites and to improve the ...

A blacklight can reveal all sorts of secrets that are invisible to the naked eye. So what if you had a virtual blacklight for the web—a way to shine an illuminating glow on the sites you visit and ...

Tracking users online has long been a core part of how websites deliver targeted ads and personalized content. Traditional ...

BRUSSELS, June 13 (Reuters) - Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google was hit with a complaint by Austrian advocacy group NOYB on Thursday for allegedly tracking users of its Chrome Web browser, an ...

The world of web behavioral tracking is a mess. Advertisers are eager to make it more effective, governments want to regulate it, and web users are generally horrified of its potential. But out of ...

Many retailers assume that complying with the latest privacy laws or using trusted platforms is enough to stay protected, and that privacy lawsuits are mainly a risk for large national brands.

The search giant will not end Chrome web cookies tracking after all. Delays, more delays, more delays and ... abandonment. That summarizes Google's third-party cookie deprecation game plan the last ...

A hot potato: For years, the privacy of Android users browsing the web has been quietly compromised by a sophisticated tracking method employed by two of the world's largest tech companies: Meta and ...

Clearing your cookies is not enough to protect your privacy online. New research led by Texas A&M University has found that websites are covertly using browser fingerprinting—a method to uniquely ...

Nearly all of your internet traffic will go through your Wi-Fi router. That's a lot of data, and it's certainly enough to make privacy a concern when picking one out. So, how can you find out if your ...