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Advertising firms’ extensive collection of personal data is becoming of great use to intelligence agencies. So how to guard against mass surveillance?

Why cybercriminals want to attack PR and marketing staff and, crucially, how to protect your company from financial and reputational harm.

A look at some recent cases of Android malware infiltrating the most official of official app stores — Google Play.

We explore what Google Ad Topics is, how it functions, and how to disable it. Along the way, we discuss the related topics of Google FLoC, Privacy Sandbox, and the demise of third-party cookies.

Alternatives to Google Chrome that take data privacy more seriously.

What web beacons and tracker pixels are, what’s so obnoxious about them, and how to disable them.

Have you ever come across the words Secure DNS or Private DNS in your smartphone settings and security apps? It’s best to keep this feature enabled – it has many advantages.

How to respond to tracking requests in iOS, iPadOS and tvOS 14.5 — or opt out of app tracking completely.

We examined the contents of Kaspersky’s CEO’s spam folder to find out what spammers and phishers think might entice him.

Creators of ad mailings and spam are very interested in knowing whether you read their messages. This post explains how to protect against e-mail tracking.

Even very popular apps display ads using third-party code, which can transmit personal data unencrypted.

Chrome learns to block ads by itself. What has Google come up with, and how will it help users?

While you’re watching YouTube, someone might just be using your device to mine cryptocurrency.

Adware found on 250 million computers spies on users and can install other software.

The Kaspersky Protection browser plugin keeps you safe while you traipse around the Internet — and it has several other useful features.

Kaspersky Who Calls can help you tell the difference between telephone spam and a normal call. Together, we can eliminate annoying cold calls!

Fed up with ad banners? Kaspersky Internet Security has a smart feature that turns them off — altogether or selectively.

You can catch a Trojan even if you visit only legitimate websites. This post explains how it happens and what you should do to protect yourself.

Digital advertising brings money to companies and relevant ads to you and me — and attracts fraud. How does it all work?

Facebook is going to use your WhatsApp data to tune its advertising, but for now you can opt out of this deal.

Do you know how many companies are actually tracking you when you visit a single website? The answer may surprise you.