The UK's data watchdog, the ICO, criticised Google's policy shift allowing "fingerprinting" to track users for targeted ads. This method, u...

Google's dominance over major online platforms and its reliance on advertising for the majority of its revenue hinders competition and nega...

Fibr, an AI-powered personalisation platform, raises $1.8 million in funding round led by Accel. Fibr will use the funds for enhancing its ...

Third-party cookies, which are used to track the online movement of users, are being phased out by Google. A tool to make a user’s internet...

The settlement terms were not disclosed, but the lawyers said they have agreed to a binding term sheet through mediation, and expected to p...

The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA, requires children's online services to obtain parental consent before collecting pe...

A US judge rejected Google's bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it invaded the privacy of millions of people by secretly tracking their inte...

Google, Enright said, would cooperate with law enforcement agencies “that is appropriate and legally required”, but that also will be done ...

TikTok is one of the world's most popular apps -- especially among youngsters -- and has around 100 million users in Europe alone.

Google's plan to block "cookies" is a source of concern for US Justice Department investigators, who have been asking ad industry executive...

Here is why Google is making the move, the backlash it has generated and how advertisers plan to personalize ads even after the company kil...

Google first announced it would get rid of third-party cookies, which for decades has enabled online ads, early last year to meet growing d...

The data set contains information on 5,326 domains used by 1,727 entities to monitor users’ online activity.

Google Inc is close to paying $22.5 million to settle charges that it bypassed the privacy settings of customers using Apple's Safari brows...

Using its DoubleClick ad network, Google has been dodging a privacy setting in Safari, the primary Web browser on the iPhone and iPad.

Google first rolled out its social search in October 2009 with real-time search results which would display results from other sources.

Facebook has reportedly admitted tracking which sites its users visit even after they log off, thanks to plug-ins and cookies.