Legislation recently enacted in California will make it easier for consumers nationwide to protect their data

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A new state tool lets you tell data brokers to stop tracking you. Will they comply? Help us investigate.

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

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Dark patterns force patients to share their data with big healthcare networks, even when the privacy form they’re signing explicitly says they can opt-out.

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Consumers asked a major data broker for their files. What they got back shows interest in how fat they are, how much they drink, and how likely they are to get a mammogram, among many other characteristics.

Data brokers collect thousands of details about your finances, health and habits. See what’s in your profile, who buys it and how companies use it.

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Tech companies like Google, Facebook and Microsoft are ignoring data controls mandated under California law, researchers say.

Doctoralia sent information about specialists and appointment dates to social media companies.

Consumers asked a major data broker for their files. What they got back shows interest in how fat they are, how much they drink, and how likely they are to get a mammogram, among many other characteristics.

Data brokers collect thousands of details about your finances, health and habits. See what’s in your profile, who buys it and how companies use it.

Mental health providers are increasingly using AI technology to record conversations, raising privacy concerns among patients and practitioners.

Doctoralia sent information about specialists and appointment dates to social media companies.

A new state tool lets you tell data brokers to stop tracking you. Will they comply? Help us investigate.

Doctoralia sent information about specialists and appointment dates to social media companies.

Since 2016, California enacted more AI regulations than any other state. The president's new order against such laws worries state officials.

California is leading on kids’ data privacy in the U.S. but still lags internationally.

Dancers say their craft can’t be duplicated by AI. Our tests show they’re right — for now.

None of the videos produced by the leading AI platforms showed the actual dances we requested.

The civil lawsuit filed Tuesday, citing the Dating App Reporting Project, argues that dating apps could kick off serial rapists, but don’t.

The California Courier likes to run Facebook ads against Democrats. Its funding, and most of its writers, are a mystery.

For years a race-based medical calculation delayed Black patients access to life-saving kidney transplants

Lawsuits in California federal and state court are unearthing documents embarrassing to tech companies — and may be a tipping point into federal regulation.

Legislation recently enacted in California will make it easier for consumers nationwide to protect their data

Dark patterns force patients to share their data with big healthcare networks, even when the privacy form they’re signing explicitly says they can opt-out.

Call center nurses at Kaiser Permanente said workplace surveillance tools and AI prioritize speed and cost savings over quality and safety.

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

A congressional investigation estimates broker breaches have cost consumers $20 billion in identity theft. Major brokers now promise to make it easier to opt out of their databases.