One of the fastest-growing online businesses is the business of spying on Internet users by using sophisticated software to track movements through the Web, so that the information can be sold to ...

Apple and Google are pushing privacy changes, but a shift in digital tracking is giving some platforms a bigger advertising advantage. Credit...Israel Vargas Supported by By Brian X. Chen and Daisuke ...

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This story originally appeared on WIRED UK. If you want to get a sense of how you’re being tracked across the web, take a little time to read (and disable) the cookie options that appear each time you ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. As you might well know, websites can track you in various ways. It ...

One day you’re browsing for a new car, and the following week you’re swamped with social media ads for dashcams. It’s a familiar story, and yet many of us are shocked and surprised whenever we are ...

A look at how stores can use their apps on your phone to access shopping habits. — -- Shopping apps let you buy fast on your phone and offer discounts and rewards when you shop in-store. But for ...

Web Tracking is not the same as website tracking. The latter refers to analyzing things about any website. That’s done using different tools available to webmasters. Web Tracking is about tracking you ...

Many consumers want control over their personal details. But few understand how online tracking works, says a new report from the University of Pennsylvania. By Natasha Singer and Jason Karaian Many ...