The Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) will force registered data brokers to delete your personal data upon request.

California legislative analysts concluded that data brokers offer valuable services, but also threaten people’s rights and ...

Data removal from brokers protects against AI-powered scams and deepfake threats in 2026. Learn how data brokers sell your ...

The new DROP platform aims to make it easy to request the deletion of online personal data held by data brokers in California ...

Imagine walking into a store and a stranger knows your name, income, and recent medical visits. Creepy? That’s how data broker systems work. They gather information from public data, online accounts, ...

You’ve been planning on fixing your brakes and Googling auto repair shops. At the same time, you have been longing to buy butterscotch fudge ripple ice cream and searching for it on your Instacart app ...

Your personal data is a highly valuable commodity. Companies often treat it like a resource to be mined and traded. In practice, this means that everything you do on the Internet, what you search, ...

Our data is a precious commodity, not only to us but to the many potential customers of data brokers who collect and sell it without our knowledge. Once obtained the information can then be used to ...