Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’ve ever felt like Facebook always knows where you’ve been in spite of adjusting settings in its mobile apps to stop the app ...

Both Apple and Google are releasing new versions of their operating systems with privacy features that include the ability to limit what apps can do with your personal information–especially your ...

Facebook is expected to unveil on Wednesday a new location-sharing feature for the social network’s 500 million users. Reports about Facebook developing a location-based feature have been circulating ...

Aleksandra Korolova has turned off Facebook’s access to her location in every way that she can. She has turned off location history in the Facebook app and told her iPhone that she “Never” wants the ...

On Wednesday, Facebook introduced a new privacy setting for Android users. Previously, if you had Location History turned on, the app could track you in the background. In other words, even if you ...

Facebook on Wednesday released new location controls for Android that lets users limit location data collection. The feature is a background control setting that will let Android users choose whether ...

Many apps will use your personal data — including your phone contacts or location — to help improve your experience using the app itself. Facebook is no exception to this, and uses your information to ...

Facebook is updating its privacy settings on Android to make it easier for users to control what location data is sent to and stored by the company. In its announcement, Facebook acknowledged that ...

Facebook has never specified the exact methods it uses to present friend suggestions within its "People You May Know" tab, but a new report by Fusion suggests that a shared GPS data point could be a ...

Facebook’s former privacy chief said he doubts that any location-related services from the company will center on games. “Not to denigrate check-in services that turn it into a game … I’d be surprised ...