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Californians' data deletion requests, DROP, become enforceable Aug. 1
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California has launched the Delete Request Opt-out Platform (DROP), a new tool allowing residents to request that data brokers stop selling their personal information. The system aims to simplify privacy management by replacing the need to contact hundreds of individual companies.
Cal Privacy told NBC 7 Responds it has already fined 12 data brokers tens of thousands of dollars each for failing to register in the DROP system. Sergio Flores with the NBC 7 and Telemundo 20 Responds reports.
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