Data removal from brokers protects against AI-powered scams and deepfake threats in 2026. Learn how data brokers sell your ...

“Your data is on the dark web — period, the end,” said Eva Velasquez, CEO of the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center. By the time you get a notification about it, she added, “the vast majority of ...

California legislative analysts concluded that data brokers offer valuable services, but also threaten people’s rights and ...

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

The system, known as the Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform, or DROP, is operated by the California Privacy Protection ...

On January 1, Californians can use the state's Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) to request that online data brokers ...

The little drips of personal data leaked from every major data breach—your name, email, phone number, Social Security number, and mailing address—pool in a murky corner of the internet known as the ...

A 2025 data breach at fintech company 700Credit exposes personal information of more than 5.8 million people through ...

According to the lawyer, the processing of personal data must be based on the voluntary, explicit, and optional consent of ...

If you’re going online to buy some last-minute gifts this holiday season, there’s a chance the price you pay will be influenced by what’s known as “surveillance pricing.” Some retailers are using ...