What Facebook does say is that advertisers don’t get the raw data. They just tell Facebook what kind of people they want their ads to reach, then Facebook makes the matches and shows the ads.

Facebook has an impeccable memory. After downloading my stored data on the site — I've been a member since 2004 — I was presented with an enormous amount of personal details that have been ...

Facebook says on its ad-targeting site that it sells ads based on the information consumers share with it, as well as which ads they click on, which apps and websites they use, and information ...

Facebook's algorithms use this information to create a profile for non-users, which may include details like the person's name, email address, phone number and other personal data.

That Facebook collects data about its users has never exactly been much of a secret. But the recent cloud of controversy hovering above the company — sparked by a wave of reports about how ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Can Facebook be trusted with your personal information? That's the question many Americans are asking after revelations that a data-mining firm working for the Trump campaign ...

Facebook brought a group of reporters to the new Building 23 at its Menlo Park headquarters to preview the changes today. But feedback was heavily critical as journalists grilled Facebook’s ...

Does Facebook mishandle your personal information online? 10:52 Data harvested by apps. At the same time, consumers have plenty of questions about what happened to the data harvested by Cambridge ...

Facebook's privacy controls are extensive and can be challenging to use. Although using them won't necessarily stop your friends from passing along to others sensitive information you've entrusted ...

That’s right: these developers — who are able to collect all sorts of information about you and your friends — don’t have to reveal their information to you (or to Facebook) at all. That means it can ...

Facebook and TikTok failed to block advertisements with “blatant” misinformation about when and how to vote in the US midterms, as well as about the integrity of the voting process, according ...