California’s Free Data Deletion Program Is Now Working

How (and Why) to Remove Yourself From Data Miners Tracking You, Using California's New Privacy Website

Data brokers sell everything they know about you—browsing history, pregnancies, Social Security numbers—to organizations like ICE and CBP, under a recent LexisNexis contract worth up to $22.1 million. The post How (and Why) to Remove Yourself From Data Miners Tracking You, Using California’s New Privacy Website appeared first on L.A. TACO.

Why California just gave the Delete Act real teeth

Registered data brokers were required to begin accessing the Delete Request and Opt-out Platform on Aug. 1.

California’s free data deletion program is now working

It’s no secret our personal information is all over the internet. “[It's a] $300, $400 billion industry, and you and I are the product,” said Tom Kemp, executive director of the California Privacy Protection Agency, also known as CalPrivacy. Data brokers are a big part of that industry. “Data brokers are companies that you and [...]