--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # privacy ## privacy Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jan 21, 2025 ## [A New Group Aims to Protect Whistleblowers In the Trump Era](https://time.com/7208911/psst-whistleblower-collective/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Billy Perrigo *  Aug 10, 2022 ## [A New U.S. Crackdown Has Crypto Users Worried About Their Privacy](https://time.com/6205143/tornado-cash-us-crypto-ban/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Andrew R. Chow *  Jul 18, 2022 ## [How Your Texts Can Be Used As Evidence](https://time.com/6196754/text-messages-evidence-court-privacy/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Megan McCluskey *  Jul 23, 2021 ## [A Catholic Priest's Alleged Grindr Outing and Data Privacy](https://time.com/6083323/bishop-pillar-grindr-data/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Madeleine Carlisle *  Dec 31, 2020 ## [How Domestic Abusers Have Exploited Technology During the Pandemic](https://time.com/5922566/technology-domestic-abuse-coronavirus-pandemic/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Mélissa Godin *  Jan 16, 2020 ## [Apple Is Once Again Under Pressure to Help the FBI Unlock a Shooter's iPhone. Here's What to Know](https://time.com/5765771/apple-fbi-pensacola/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Patrick Lucas Austin *  Aug 21, 2019 ## [Widely Shared Instagram Post Is Just Another Viral Hoax](https://time.com/5657718/instagram-privacy-policy-hoax/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Patrick Lucas Austin *  Aug 13, 2019 ## [Facebook Has Been Paying Contractors to Transcribe Users' Facebook Messenger Voice Chats](https://time.com/5651395/facebook-contractors-transcribe-conversations-audio-files/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Bloomberg *  Jul 25, 2019 ## [Why People Are Getting Money From the Equifax Deal But Not the Facebook Settlement](https://time.com/5635767/facebook-equifax-settlement/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Alana Semuels *  Jul 19, 2019 ## [How Much Is Your Data Worth to Tech Companies? Lawmakers Want Answers](https://time.com/5627511/data-cost-tech-companies/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by The Conversation *  Jul 12, 2019 ## [Facebook Hit With $5 Billion Privacy Settlement](https://time.com/5625764/ftc-facebook-privacy-settlement/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Bloomberg *  Jul 12, 2019 ## [The U.K.'s Version of the NSA Wants Access to Encrypted Chats. Here's How it Would Work](https://time.com/5622911/united-kingdom-proposal-messaging-apps-privacy/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by The Conversation *  Apr 11, 2019 ## [Thousands of Amazon Workers Listen to Alexa Conversations](https://time.com/5568815/amazon-workers-listen-to-alexa/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Bloomberg *  Jan 30, 2019 ## [The Most Disturbing Thing About Facebook's Controversial Data Research Program](https://time.com/5516453/facebook-data-research/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Alex Fitzpatrick *  Jan 21, 2019 ## [WhatsApp Fights Fake News With Forwarding Restrictions](https://time.com/5508630/whatsapp-message-restrictions/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Rachel E. Greenspan ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/privacy/","name":"privacy"}}]}] ```