Privacy
Your Smart TV Knows What You’re Watching
Here’s how to turn off “automated content recognition,” the Shazam-like software on smart TVs that tracks what you’re watching
Challenging technology to serve the public good.
Privacy
Here’s how to turn off “automated content recognition,” the Shazam-like software on smart TVs that tracks what you’re watching
Privacy
Two proposed federal class action lawsuits, filed in the wake of a Markup investigation, accuse the grocer of disclosing private data through its online store and pharmacy
The BreakdownPrivacy
An investigative data journalist and a former tech lawyer teach you how to spot tricks and hidden disclosures within these interminable documents—and even how to claw back some privacy
Pixel Hunt
Surveillance marketers are upping their game. Instead of relying on tracking pixels, companies are now sending tracking data directly to one another
Pixel Hunt
Twelve of the largest drug stores in the U.S. sent shoppers’ sensitive health information to Facebook or other platforms, according to an investigation by The Markup and KFF Health News
Privacy
In mere milliseconds, online advertisers scrutinize your personal data and bid for your eyeballs
Pixel Hunt
The Markup found many sites tied to the national mental health crisis hotline transmitted information on visitors through the Meta Pixel
Privacy
A spreadsheet on ad platform Xandr’s website revealed a massive collection of “audience segments” used to target consumers based on highly specific, sometimes intimate information and inferences
Privacy
A proposed class-action lawsuit cites Markup reporting and claims the family-tracking app did not get user consent to sell location data
Privacy
When you use supermarket discount cards, you are sharing much more than what is in your cart—and grocery chains like Kroger are reaping huge profits selling this data to brands and advertisers
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