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What just happened? For years, Google's approach to personal privacy has relied largely on user requests and manual takedowns. The company is now expanding that process with new automation. An update ...

Google launched a "Results about you" privacy and security feature for Google Search a few years ago, a tool that lets you request the removal of personal data from search results, which can come in ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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Californians can now stop data brokers from selling their personal information through a new state program. The Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, or DROP, is a one-stop website that allows ...

California is giving residents a new tool that should make it easier for them to limit data brokers’ ability to store and sell their personal information. While state residents have had the right to ...

Californians can now put a stop to their personal data being sold around on an online trading floor, thanks to a new free tool. On January 1, the state launched its Delete Request and Opt-out Platform ...

California just gave its 40 million residents a permanent delete button for a largely covert part of the personal data economy. On New Year’s Day, a government website opened to let Californians ...