Californians can now visit one state website to request all data brokers delete their personal information and refrain from selling it in the future.

COMING UP. NOW BACK OVER TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CALIFORNIA IS TAKING ANOTHER STEP TO STRENGTHEN ITS DIGITAL PRIVACY. STARTING TODAY, RESIDENTS CAN REQUEST TO MORE THAN 500 DIFFERENT DATA ...

As you think about New Year's resolutions, consider one that protects every part of your life in 2026: removing your personal data from the internet. Not your social media posts. Not your email ...

Californians can now put a stop to their personal data being sold around on an online trading floor, thanks to a new free tool. On January 1, the state launched its Delete Request and Opt-out Platform ...

Californians can now stop data brokers from selling their personal information through a new state program. The Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, or DROP, is a one-stop website that allows ...

Starting Thursday, Californians can request more than 500 different data brokers to delete their personal information. Those brokers collect and sell personal information, like browsing history and ...

Californians can now use a new tool to request the removal of their personal information from over 500 data brokers.

A High Court injunction now bans anyone from accessing or sharing the hacked Manage My Health files. Photo / Michael Craig The hackers who say they have stolen data from a health app have removed ...

Use a loyalty card at a drug store, browse the web, post on social media, get married or do anything else most people do, and chances are companies called data brokers know about it — along with your ...

Use a loyalty card at a drug store, browse the web, post on social media, get married or do anything else most people do, and chances are companies called data brokers know about it — along with your ...

Our data is for sale — everything from our Social Security numbers to our browsing histories. Data brokers sell our personal details to other companies for marketing, credit reporting, debt collection ...