There is one wrinkle, however. Tax companies can use your information to "produce a statistical compilation of data," according to the law governing disclosure of tax information.

One of Kaspersky's greatest concerns is how social media apps, such as TikTok and Instagram, constantly collect data on a user’s location, browsing habits, and even voice data.

Regulators in Italy have blocked the app from Apple and Google app stores there, as the government probes what data the company is collecting and how it is being stored.

South Korea's spy agency has accused Chinese AI app DeepSeek of "excessively" collecting personal data and using all input data to train itself, and questioned the app's responses to questions ...