Reclaiming your digital privacy is getting easier in California. The state has launched a free tool that simplifies the opt-out process, and requires over 500 registered data brokers to wipe your ...

The January 31 deadline for companies that operated as data brokers in 2025 to register in California has passed, but ...

There is big money tied to personal information, much of it bought and sold by data brokers. Now, a new California law is ...

New year, new privacy rules. At least for Californians. Since Jan. 1, residents of the Golden State can use a new tool to request removal of their personal information held by more than 500 data ...

(FOX40.COM) — More than 155,000 Californians have signed up for a new tool that lets them opt out of brokers selling their ...

Open your browser. Search your name. The results might shock you. Data broker sites are watching, cataloging, and selling. Your digital footprint feeds their machine. Birthdate, phone number, address, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Starting on January 1, Californians can go to the state’s new Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP), to request that online data brokers delete all of their personal ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced a new privacy tool allowing Californians to easily opt out of the sale of their information by data brokers.

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 ...

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