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![How to Stop Facebook App From Tracking Your Location In the Background](/static/build/img/news/alt/malware-statistics-2-scaled-small.jpg)
Every app installed on your smartphone with permission to access location service "can" continually collect your real-time location secretly, even in the background when you do not use them. Do...
![Facebook lets Android users block location tracking](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-2-small.jpg)
Facebook announced it's tweaking its Android version, which was tracking your location even when the app wasn't in use.
![Leaky child-tracking smartwatch maker hits back at bad PR](/static/build/img/news/alt/antivirus-stats-small.jpg)
We're not convinced 'people who want to harm kids will follow the kid, not the watch' is a great comeback Kids' smartwatch-pusher Enox, whose Safe-KID-One watch was pulled by the European...
![European Commission orders mass recall of creepy, leaky child-tracking smartwatch](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-breach-stats-small.jpg)
Hackers can talk to and locate the wearer, warns notice The European Commission has ordered the recall of a smartwatch aimed at kids that allows miscreants to pinpoint the wearer's location,...
![Mozilla releases anti tracking policy, enhances tracking protection in Firefox 65](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybersecurity-attacker-small.jpg)
Mozilla has released Firefox 65, which includes enhanced, configurable protection against online tracking. The organization has also published an official anti tracking policy that effectively...
![Mozilla Firefox 65 Ups the Ante on Privacy with Anti-Tracking Efforts](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-small.jpg)
Firefox 65 rolls out new redesigned privacy controls as part of Mozilla's anti-tracking promise.
![Google’s “deceitful” location tracking is against the law, say 7 EU groups](/static/build/img/news/alt/Geopolitical-Cybersecurity-Predictions-2-small.jpg)
Seven European consumer organizations are planning to submit a complaint about Google's location tracking activities to their data protection authorities.
![Google Faces GDPR Complaints Over Web, Location Tracking](/static/build/img/news/alt/web-statistics-3-small.jpg)
Search Giant's Pervasive Tracking Isn't Clear to Consumers, Groups ContendConsumer organizations in seven countries plan to file complaints alleging that Google is violating the EU's General Data...
![Google and Facebook accused of secretly tracking users’ locations](/static/build/img/news/alt/IoT-Cybersecurity-Predictions-2-small.jpg)
Google and Facebook have been hit separately by class action lawsuits accusing them of secretly tracking user locations.
![How to use Ublock Origin and Privacy Badger to prevent browser tracking in Firefox](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-2-small.jpg)
Jack Wallen outlines the ideal combination of Firefox extensions to prevent browser tracking.