A large number of Android mobile apps listed on the official Google Play Store contain self-contradictory language in their privacy policies in regards to data collection practices. In an academic ...

Back in May of 2021, Google announced that privacy labels would be coming to the Google Play Store. Now, almost a year later, the company has announced that it will soon be rolling these labels out to ...

A study conducted by a professor of computer science at Trinity College Dublin found that a typical Android handset collects some 20 times more data about its user than a comparable iPhone. Data ...

Facebook on Wednesday released new location controls for Android that lets users limit location data collection. The feature is a background control setting that will let Android users choose whether ...

This post has been updated to report objections researcher Doug Leith had to Google’s critique of his research. Whether you have an iPhone or an Android device, it’s continuously sending data ...

REDLANDS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced the release of ArcGIS QuickCapture, a mobile app designed for rapid and at-speed field data ...

The lawsuit charged that Google was collecting data even when its users were not actually using their phones. The data collection in the background occurred secretly without any apparent consent of ...