Google launched a "Results about you" privacy and security feature for Google Search a few years ago, a tool that lets you request the removal of personal data from search results, which can come in ...

Someone approaching the task of removing their information from the web is in for a surprise. Your data isn't on just one or two websites but scattered across various databases run by private data ...

AirTag 2 ships to users’ starting today, and YouTuber Joseph Taylor has already posted an unboxing video and teardown. Here’s what it revealed. Joseph Taylor posts AirTag 2 unboxing and teardown video ...

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Tens of thousands of Californians have already signed up for the state's new tool to try and stop their data from being sold by brokers, officials say. Gov. Gavin Newsom is touting the rollout of the ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Californians can now put a stop to their personal data being sold around on an online trading floor, thanks to a new free tool. On January 1, the state launched its Delete Request and Opt-out Platform ...

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 ...