A new tool should make it easier for California residents to limit data brokers’ ability to store and sell their personal ...

The system, known as the Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, or DROP, has been in the works for years, mandated by a 2023 ...

California residents now have a new way to protect their personal information from data brokers through a state platform.

State law now allows California residents to have their contact and personal information removed from the people who sell it.

A tool called DROP lets California residents fill out a few forms to keep their personal data from being tracked or sold by ...

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 ...

Life might not be entirely paperless yet, but the truth is that the vast majority of our important documents, photos, videos and other files are all now digital. This is good, as it saves space in our ...

California has quietly handed its residents a powerful new privacy weapon, a centralized system that lets people tell ...

Californians can now stop data brokers from selling their personal information through a new state program. The Delete ...

Early one morning in April, John Weiser checked his email, worried that a colleague at the Division of HIV Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) was on the list for another round of ...

Learn how to take control of your digital privacy by removing your personal data from broker sites using the Permission Slip app. This guide also walks you through the step-by-step process for ...

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