After years of legal battles, Facebook's $725 million settlement is finally reaching users. But as payments begin, questions about accountability and the true impact of such settlements linger.

As Facebook’s data scandal continues to weigh on the company’s stock price and the public expresses weariness over its commitment to protecting users, the social network announced a redesign ...

NEW YORK — Engulfed in a scandal over its users’ privacy, Facebook has opted to take little more than baby steps to fix the problem. From the company’s perspective, that makes perfect sense ...

A new Facebook data leak has been revealed where some three million people have had their personal information and answers to a personality quiz left relatively unsecured on a third-party website ...

WASHINGTON—The firestorm over Facebook Inc.’s handling of personal data raises a question for those pondering a regulatory response: Is there such a thing as too much privacy?