Facebook users are bombarded with targeted ads from nearly 200,000 companies, according to a first-of-its-kind study that revealed the vast scale of data tracking on the Meta-owned social network.

iPhone apps are scooping up your data via push notifications, according to a new report. Credit: Getty Images Push notifications are being exploited to invasively collect user data once again, ...

At one time, Meta thought about paying users directly for their data. Meta users could charge $5 a month in a truly competitive market, a longtime economist said. Meta now wants the economist rejected ...

As of January 11, 2026, a major Instagram data leak has exposed personal details of approximately 17.5 million users. The leak was first reported by cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes. A hacker known as ...

Update, Dec. 26, 2024: This story, originally published Dec. 24 now includes additional information regarding how to recover an inactive account you can’t remember the password for before it gets ...

What did CME Group change? The exchange group ended its end‑of‑day (EOD) licenses in 2025 and began offering EOD (settlement) data under delayed‑data licenses, while also consolidating multiple ...

The Quality Data Experience Committee is pleased to introduce the Common Lexicon, a new terminology resource available in Data Cookbook. The Common Lexicon aims to standardize terminology across data ...