OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a consumer alert to remind Californians that they can send one request to more than 500 registered data brokers to delete their personal data by using a new, easy-to-use online tool.
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California residents can now harness a new power to protect their data and halt data brokers from selling personal info online.
“Scammers can buy this information. Stalkers can buy this information. ICE can buy this information,” Peninsula State Senator Josh Becker said. “We have a privacy crisis.”
Becker led the charge to change state law and create DROP, California’s new “Delete Request and Optout Platform.”
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(Inside California Politics) — This week on Inside California Politics, Sen. Adam Schiff had a wide-ranging discussion with correspondent Eytan Wallace.
Plus, state Sen. Josh Becker shared details about how his new legislation, the Delete Act, will help Californians. And two political insiders shared insights into the escalating feud between Gov. Gavin Newsom and President Donald Trump.
Read more here.
Platform allows Californians to send a single request to hundreds of data brokers to delete and stop selling personal information.