A new California law lets residents demand deletion of their personal data from hundreds of data brokers with a single ...

The system, known as the Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform, or DROP, is operated by the California Privacy Protection Agency. The platform opens Jan. 1 and is intended to simplify what is often a ...

None of us signed up for our personal info to be bought and sold online. Between data brokers, people-search sites and all the other places our details end up, it happens constantly and usually ...

Starting January 1, 2026, Californians can submit requests for data brokers to erase their sensitive information through the Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP). The new ...