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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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ClickHouse, Inc., the company behind the world’s fastest real-time analytical database, announced a high-performance, enterprise-grade Postgres service natively ...

The operator of WorldCat won a default judgment against Anna’s Archive, with a federal judge ruling yesterday that the shadow library must delete all copies of its WorldCat data and stop scraping, ...

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 ...

January feels like a reset. A new calendar. New goals. New habits. While you clean out your inbox, organize paperwork or set resolutions, however, scammers also hit reset, and they start with your ...

SAN DIEGO — California residents now have a new way to protect their personal information from data brokers—companies that collect and sell consumer data—through a state platform. The platform, called ...

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 ...

A new California law lets residents demand deletion of their personal data from hundreds of data brokers with a single request The system replaces a cumbersome ...

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 ...