New website to help Californians request brokers to remove their data

Starting Thursday, Californians can request more than 500 different data brokers to delete their personal information.

Data broker hoarding is rampant. New law lets consumers fight back.

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

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 ...

I reset my Google Account privacy settings for 2026 — here's what I switched off

Go to Gemini Settings > Personal Context to see for yourself. There is a toggle for Your past chats with Gemini for Gemini’s ...