ICE wants to know how ad tech and location data could aid investigations. The question is: Will ad tech finally draw a line – ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The advertising technology ecosystem routinely harvests precise location coordinates, device identifiers, and behavioral signals ...

The Federal Trade Commission finalized an order in January 2025 prohibiting data brokers Gravy Analytics and Venntel from selling sensitive location data, a move that exposed how phone tracking ...

A new report released today by Google LLC’s Threat Analysis Group warns of the dangers posed by the commercial surveillance industry and how those providers exploit vulnerabilities in consumer devices ...

Critics of spyware and exploit sellers have long warned that the advanced hacking sold by commercial surveillance vendors (CSVs) represents a worldwide danger because they inevitably find their way ...

Large social media companies and streaming video services threaten consumers' privacy by collecting a “staggering” amount of data in order to serve behaviorally targeted ads, the Federal Trade ...

Two individuals and five entities have been sanctioned by the US government for their role in the development and spread of Predator mobile spyware, which is viewed as a threat to national security.

AlarMax, a leading national distributor of security, AV and low-voltage products, announced its distribution partnership with Hanwha Vision, a global provider of intelligent video surveillance systems ...

Your daily app usage just became a federal investigation tool. ICE published a request on January 23rd seeking commercial advertising technology and location data to power criminal, civil, and ...