The legislation was authored by Senator Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park) and sponsored by the California Privacy Protection Agency.

The legislation was authored by Senator Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park) and sponsored by the California Privacy Protection Agency.

Sick of scam calls and texts? State law now allows California residents to have their contact and personal information removed from the people selling it.

DROP is the rare Sacramento project that points the gun at the right building. Use it.

California’s Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) has crossed a major milestone: More than 500,000 Californians have registered.

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It’s no secret our personal information is all over the internet. “[It’s a] $300, $400 billion industry, and you and I are the product,” said Tom Kemp, executive director of the California Pr…

Your attention is a commodity. From likes to purchases, your online behavior is tracked, monetized and sold to influence what you buy.

Starting Aug. 1, registered California data brokers must honor requests to stop selling consumers' personal information.

Starting Aug. 1, registered California data brokers must honor requests to stop selling consumers' personal information.

Desde el 1 de agosto, corredores de datos registrados deberán procesar solicitudes para dejar de vender datos personales.

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California DELETE Act DROP enforcement begins Saturday, August 1, 2026: more than 600 registered data brokers must start processing 300,000 queued consumer deletion requests through California’s centr...

(Inside California Politics) — In the digital age, people have to look over more than just their shoulders to make sure they’re not being watched—they have to keep an eye on their online data…

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Californians are getting a new tool to help protect their personal information from data brokers that collect and sell consumer data.Beginning Aug. 1, registere

Californians are getting a new tool to help protect their personal information from data brokers that collect and sell consumer data.Beginning Aug. 1, registere

The vulnerability has been fixed as of July 7, 2026, but the exploit was simple, and hidden email addresses may still be in third-party logs.

ONLINE personal information can be deleted upon request under a new law coming to a US state. Data breaches compromise the sensitive information of millions every year; a new California law seeks t…

DROP stands for the Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform, a free tool built by the California Privacy Protection Agency. It lets any California resident submit a single request that reaches every data ...

Ride hailing, food delivery and other gig-economy platforms are the target of the first-ever industry-wide audit launched by California's privacy agency under the only such regulatory framework for pr...