State Sen. Josh Becker, D-Menlo Park, has introduced legislation building on the DELETE Act, which allows consumers to request the deletion of their data from over 500 third-party data brokers at once ...

Texas' data center revolution made a significant step forward this week as a facility dubbed "the largest power project in the country" has officially been permitted in West Texas. The 7.65 gigawatt ...

That embarrassing photo or risque video you deleted last year? It’s still on your phone. And if you sold your old iPhone on eBay, the new owner can get it back in about 60 seconds. Here’s what delete ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California launches DROP, an online platform enabling residents to request all registered data brokers delete ...

Californians can now stop data brokers from selling their personal information through a new state program. The Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, or DROP, is a one-stop website that allows ...

We want this everywhere: The data brokerage industry quietly trades in some of the most intimate details of people's lives, often without their knowledge or meaningful consent. Now, a new tool could ...

California is giving residents a new tool that should make it easier for them to limit data brokers’ ability to store and sell their personal information. While state residents have had the right to ...

California just gave its 40 million residents a permanent delete button for a largely covert part of the personal data economy. On New Year’s Day, a government website opened to let Californians ...

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 ...

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 ...

Google offers a dedicated tool called Takeout to let you download all or some of your data from the Google apps and services you use. To use this, go to the Google Takeout web page -> choose services ...