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Children's App Privacy: What the New COPPA Rules Changed
The FTC's 2026 COPPA amendments took effect in April. Here's what changed, which apps still fall short, and what parents should check now.
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Your E-Signature Service Has Copies of Your Contracts
DocuSign and Adobe Sign store the full text of your legal documents on their servers. Here's what e-signature services collect and who can access it.
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Food Delivery Apps Know More About You Than You Think
DoorDash and Instacart scored 30/100 and 22/100 on independent privacy audits. Here's what food delivery apps collect, share, and why it matters.
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What Your Podcast App Knows About Your Private Life
Podcast listening habits can reveal mental health struggles, political views, and personal crises. Here's what apps like Spotify actually collect.
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Weather Apps Are Selling Your Location to Data Brokers
Free weather apps are a primary source of location data for brokers. Here's how the AccuWeather and Weather Channel cases exposed the practice.
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When Your Safety App Gets Hacked: The Aura Breach
Aura, a digital safety service trusted by 900,000 users, was breached via voice phishing. What it reveals about trusting privacy tools with your data.
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The Canvas Breach: 275M Student Records Exposed
ShinyHunters breached Instructure Canvas, exposing 275 million student records across 8,800 institutions. What was taken and what affected users should do.
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Google's New Setting Trains AI on Your Photos
Google's Search Services History captures your Lens photos and voice recordings by default. Your old privacy opt-out may not cover it anymore.
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OAuth Attacks: Cloud Files Stolen Without Your Password
ShinyHunters is stealing files from Dropbox, Google Workspace, and Microsoft 365 using OAuth flaws — not passwords. Here's what that means for you.
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Your Cloud Storage Was Breached: A Response Guide
When a cloud storage or file backup service announces a data breach, these are the concrete steps to protect your accounts and personal files right now.
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Dumb Storage Is Disappearing: AI Now Lives Inside Your Cloud Files
Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Dropbox have woven AI into their storage products. Getting files stored privately, without an AI reading them, is getting harder to do.
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Duplicate Photo Finder Apps: What Happens to Your Camera Roll
Apps that scan your photos to find duplicates need full access to your library. Some process photos locally. Others upload data to cloud servers. Here's how to tell the difference.
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