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 ...

COMING UP. NOW BACK OVER TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CALIFORNIA IS TAKING ANOTHER STEP TO STRENGTHEN ITS DIGITAL PRIVACY. STARTING TODAY, RESIDENTS CAN REQUEST TO MORE THAN 500 DIFFERENT DATA ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Starting on January 1, Californians can go to the state’s new Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP), to request that online data brokers delete all of their personal ...

As more people rely on the web for daily tasks, browser activity has become a major part of how individuals navigate information and services. Every click, search, and visit leaves a digital trail, ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is proposing that education technology provider Illuminate Education to delete unnecessary student data and improve its security to settle allegations related to an ...

Hackers who stole the data of more than 8,000 children including photos, addresses and names and published some of the information on the dark web have removed the posts online and claim to have ...

PowerSchool will soon delete all of its data on North Carolina students and most of its data on teachers. The State Board of Education approved a $415,000 contract with the California company Thursday ...

Data brokers are making serious money by selling personal information. Your phone number, email, home address, and Social Security number could be packaged and sold to spammers, scammers, and identity ...

If you use the internet, you've been in a data breach. Nearly every American is in multiple data breaches per year. There were over 3,000 major beaches in 2024 (registration required), with over 1.3 ...

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, which garnered attention in 2020 when President Donald Trump touted the company's experimental COVID-19 vaccine as a "cure," said Monday, May 19, that it will buy 23andMe's ...

As of 2025, 23andMe , the once-prominent personal genomics and biotechnology company , is undergoing bankruptcy proceedings following a series of data breaches and financial troubles. This development ...

When you delete a file from your computer, it’s not really gone. In fact, it can often be recovered with the right tools. That’s where Sdelete comes in. Sdelete is short for Secure Delete and it ...