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

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On January 1, a new law known as DROP (Delete Request and Opt-out Platform) took effect. DROP allows California residents to ...

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

“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 ...

Californians now have access to a free online tool that deletes all of their personal data stored by data brokers.

Californians can now stop data brokers from selling their personal information through a new state program. The Delete ...

The platform gives residents the ability to request deletion of their personal information from 500+ registered data brokers ...

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

Starting January 1, 2026, Californians can submit requests for data brokers to erase their sensitive information through the Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP). The new ...