According to a new report, around 1,325 Android apps collect user location data and phone identifier data even without the user's permission to do so. According to Google, a fix to the issue won't ...

But not everything we do on phones is perfectly private. There’s always some data collection going on, whether by the operating system or apps.

Not sure what your phone is collecting about you? A new Android app is promising to simplify the privacy settings on your smartphone, and stop any unwanted data collection.

A popular keyboard app for Android offered conflicting statements about its data collection policies to its more than 200 million users. David Bisson reports.

Google said it will create a new safety section in its Play mobile-app store that will let Android smartphone users see what data developers collect about them and share, plus give access to ...

A new report reveals Android phones ping Google much more than iPhones ping Apple, which may represent data-collection overreach by the search giant.

Data collection practices in apps are increasingly becoming a major privacy issue for consumers. In July, a mobile security firm called Lookout identified a free wallpaper Android app, Jackeey ...