The global storm over allegations that more than 50 million Facebook users had their online data collected without their knowledge is pushing privacy watchdogs from the fringes of law enforcement into ...

Ireland's data protection authority is expected to launch a formal investigation into the Facebook data breach affecting 90 million people worldwide, the first major test of Europe's new data ...

Facebook makes billions of dollars a year because you give it your data, and it uses that data to help advertisers sell things to you. Cookies - small pieces of data which are stored in web browsers - ...

Recent upheaval around Facebook use of user data has had a lot of people asking the question: just what does Facebook know about me? Most people know that data you put on Facebook can be seen by the ...

Ever wondered what your data actually looks like? To tell you the truth, I have never been the kind of person to worry too much about my personal data online. I know it’s concerning, but trying to do ...

Facebook's collection of data has come under increased scrutiny following allegations data firm Cambridge Analytica harvested users' profiles to influence elections. The hashtag #DeleteFacebook has ...

Over the last few days, it's been revealed that the personal data of hundreds of millions of Facebook users around the globe has been leaked online. More specifically, over 533 million accounts from ...

Facebook is facing investigations on multiple fronts after revelations that data on 50m users were improperly harvested by an analytics firm used by Donald Trump’s campaign. The most serious of these ...

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has apologised to European Union politicians for the Cambridge Analytica data leak. Mr Zuckerberg was speaking to European Parliament members in Brussels as he ...

Facebook has been caught on the back foot again over its data privacy practices, following an investigation by the New York Times. The newspaper has disclosed fresh details, external about ways the ...

Ever wondered what your data actually looks like? To tell you the truth, I have never been the kind of person to worry too much about my personal data online. I know it’s concerning, but trying to do ...