Data Privacy

GoodRX, a company created to help consumers access the best deals on prescription medications, is accused of selling customers’ personal health information to advertisers, leading to stern words and a fine from federal regulators. NBC 5 Responds’ Lexi Sutter reports.

A company created to help consumers access the best deals on prescription medications is accused of selling customers’ personal health information to advertisers, leading to stern words and a fine from federal regulators.

If it’s effective, the law could become a model for other blue states seeking to protect digital information related to abortion access.

The agency claimed it was possible to use the information to trace consumers to reproductive health clinics, domestic violence shelters and places of worship.

TikTok is facing renewed accusations that it’s a threat to national security after an FCC commissioner accused the social media giant of harvesting data from its users for China. So is TikTok really a danger? CNBC correspondent Steve Kovach explains why the truth is not so simple.

Steve Wozniak, inventor of the first commercial PC, says he recently deactivated his Facebook account — and he doesn’t trust the platform’s privacy standards.

Consumers who chose free credit monitoring as part of the Equifax settlement should receive information about it soon if they haven’t already.

YouTube and TikTok track users’ personal data more than other social media apps, a recent study says. YouTube mostly keeps the data for itself, while TikTok allows more third parties to collect it.

Didi could either go for a privatization or a listing in Hong Kong after delisting in the U.S, the Bloomberg report said.

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information must review any new apps and updates by Tencent before they can be launched.

Illinoisans have had their personally identifiable information exposed or stolen at least 5.5 million times since 2020, according to an analysis of state records. NBC 5’s Lisa Parker reports.

Illinoisans have had their personally identifiable information exposed or stolen at least 5.5 million times since 2020, according to an analysis of state records, but what’s being done? NBC 5 Responds’ Lisa Parker has the story.

Illinoisans have had their personally identifiable information exposed or stolen at least 5.5 million times since 2020, according to an analysis of state records.

More than 3.5 billion people lost their connection to their social networks when Facebook’s portfolio of apps went down October 4, 2021. The combined reach of Facebook (2.797 billion people), WhatsApp (2 billion), Messenger (1.3 billion), and Instagram (1.287 billion) covers most of the global online population (4.72 billion). Facebook’s numbers alone account for 35% of all living humans while…