Use a loyalty card at a drug store, browse the web, post on social media, get married or do anything else most people do, and chances are companies called data brokers know about it — along with your ...

Use a loyalty card at a drug store, browse the web, post on social media, get married or do anything else most people do, and chances are companies called data brokers know about it — along with your ...

As you think about New Year's resolutions, consider one that protects every part of your life in 2026: removing your personal data from the internet. Not your social media posts. Not your email ...

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, ...

Data brokers are lining up to comply with California’s one-stop deletion tool requirement under the Delete Act, and the numbers signal a major shift in how privacy rights may be exercised and enforced ...

Data brokers collect and sell your personal information, which may be circulating online without your knowledge. You can request that data brokers remove your information, but the process can be ...

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 ...

There is big money tied to personal information, much of it bought and sold by data brokers. Now, a new California law is giving residents more control over where their data ends up. Gov. Gavin Newsom ...

As states continue to expand consumer privacy protections, the ability to request deletion of personal data varies widely across the U.S. Clym analyzed these rights across states, including California ...