Imagine if a data broker knows your phone is on a nightstand next to another phone six nights a week and across town on the seventh night. That data broker also knows everywhere you go and how long ...

You can stop Google from tracking some aspects of your online activity by changing your Google Account settings. Google tracks many details about you whenever you use your Google account on your ...

Feeling hungry for a burger, in the mood for a beer, or in need of the nearest location that sells diapers? There's no need to stay peckish, thirsty, or dealing with that potty-related emergency when ...

Apple has built a reputation on privacy and the security of its iPhone, so it comes as no surprise that it gives users a lot of control over location tracking settings. Location tracking can be ...

Facebook is taking a vacuum cleaner to one of your larger breadcrumb trails on the social network: Starting later this summer, it will whoosh away the location histories of its users. Facebook parent ...

The latest version of iOS offers some convenient ways to manage location tracking by apps. Tracking your location via your mobile device is something many apps and websites attempt to do. Developers, ...

Last year, on the car ride home after a teary parting from my eldest kid in a University of Maryland parking lot, I pulled out my phone and added a new “location” to my Life360 settings. “Sofia’s dorm ...