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California’s DROP Tool Lets You Mass-Delete Data from 600+ Brokers

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from EFF ·

California’s DROP tool lets residents send a single request to delete their data from all 614 registered data brokers. Brokers have until August 1 to comply, with 45 days to act after that. The tool simplifies exercising existing privacy rights under the Delete Act.

Meridian48 take
While DROP is a step forward, its impact depends on broker compliance and enforcement—and it only covers California, not the rest of the US.
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