Californians can now use a new tool to request the removal of their personal information from over 500 data brokers.

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

The new tool delivers privacy instructions to every registered data broker at once. Launched on Jan. 1, it is open to all ...

A new tool should make it easier for California residents to limit data brokers’ ability to store and sell their personal ...

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

Californians can now visit one state website to request all data brokers delete their personal information and refrain from ...

State law now allows California residents to have their contact and personal information removed from the people who sell it.

If you don't reside in California and qualify for DROP, all is not lost—though you will have to invest a bit more time and/or ...

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, ...

The Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) is a free, state-run tool that allows Californians to stop more than 500 data ...

On January 1, a new law known as DROP (Delete Request and Opt-out Platform) took effect. DROP allows California residents to ...