California residents can use new tool to demand brokers delete their personal data

A new tool should make it easier for California residents to limit data brokers’ ability to store and sell their personal ...

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 ...

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.

Delete Act: How you can request your personal information be purged by data brokers in the New Year

California legislative analysts concluded that data brokers offer valuable services, but also threaten people’s rights and ...
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How California's Delete Act will protect personal information from data brokers in the New Year

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 ...
TechRepublic

4.3B LinkedIn-Style Records Found in One of the Largest Data Exposures Ever

4.3B LinkedIn-Style Records Found in One of the Largest Data Exposures Ever Your email has been sent A massive, unsecured database containing billions of professional profiles has been left exposed ...
NBC4 Columbus

Report links data center to rare cancers, raising questions about central Ohioans’ safety

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A report linked Amazon data centers to miscarriages and rare cancers, drawing concerns about data centers’ presence in central Ohio. According to a report from Rolling Stone, ...
Engadget

LG will let you delete the previously unremovable Microsoft Copilot shortcut on its smart TVs

Several LG smart TV owners, including some Engadget staff, were surprised to find what looked like an unremovable Microsoft Copilot app suddenly installed on their devices earlier this week. After all ...
The Verge

LG forced a Copilot web app onto its TVs but will let you delete it

The TV-maker will ‘take steps to allow users to delete the shortcut icon if they wish.’ The TV-maker will ‘take steps to allow users to delete the shortcut icon if they wish.’ is a news writer who ...
ZDNet

You have days left to claim your AT&T data breach settlement of up to $7,500 - here's how

AT&T's $177 million settlement is for data breaches in 2019 and 2024. Claim up to $5,000 (first breach) and $2,500 (Snowflake hack), or both. File your claim by Dec. 18, 2025, either online or by mail ...
CNBC

Best data removal services of 2026

Our data is for sale — everything from our Social Security numbers to our browsing histories. Data brokers sell our personal details to other companies for marketing, credit reporting, debt collection ...
PC Magazine

These 20 Apps Are Spying on You—And I Bet You Use Them Every Day

Many popular apps collect more of your personal data than necessary to function properly. These 20 apps quietly scoop up your photos, location, contacts, and more. Here's how to protect yourself. I ...