A new California website blocks data brokers. Here’s how to use it

The new tool delivers privacy instructions to every registered data broker at once. Launched on Jan. 1, it is open to all California residents.

Grok Is Being Used to Mock and Strip Women in Hijabs and Saris

A substantial number of AI images generated or edited with Grok are targeting women in religious and cultural clothing.
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An Efficient and Privacy-Preserving Cross-Modal Retrieval Scheme for Encrypted Data in the Cloud

Abstract: The rapid development and widespread adoption of cloud computing have made privacy-preserving data retrieval in the cloud a hot topic in privacy computing research. While numerous schemes ...

New platform empowers California residents to delete personal data from brokers

California residents now have a new way to protect their personal information from data brokers through a state platform.

Californians -- there's a new way to protect your data online

The Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) is a free, state-run tool that allows Californians to stop more than 500 data ...